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manuring

Variant of manure

transitive verb manured, manuring

to put manure on or into (soil)

Origin: ME manouren, orig., to farm (land) < Anglo-Fr maynoberer < OFr manouvrer, to cultivate, lit., to work with the hands: see maneuver

noun

animal excrement or other substance put on or into the soil to fertilize it

Origin: < manurethe

Related Forms:

manurer noun

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