MANURE, Dung. When collected in a heap, it is considered as personal property, but, when spread, it becomes a part of the land and acquires the character of real estate. Alleyn, 31; 2 Ired. R. 326.

Source: Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
 

manure \ma*nure"\ (m[.a]*n[=u]r"), n. Any matter which makes land productive; a fertilizing substance. Especially,, dung, the contents of stables and barnyards, decaying animal or vegetable substances, etc. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

Manure \Ma*nure"\ (m[.a]*n[=u]r"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Manured (m[.a]*n[=u]rd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Manuring.]

[Contr, from OF. manuvrer, manovrer, to work with the hand, to cultivate by manual labor, F. man[oe]uvrer. See Manual, Ure, Opera, and cf. Inure.]

1. To cultivate by manual labor; to till; hence, to develop by culture. [Obs.]

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To whom we gave the strand for to manure. --Surrey. [1913 Webster]

Manure thyself then; to thyself be improved; And with vain, outward things be no more moved. --Donne. [1913 Webster]

2. To apply manure to; to enrich, as land, by the application of a fertilizing substance. [1913 Webster]

The blood of English shall manure the ground. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

39 Moby Thesaurus words for "manure": BM, ammonia, bowel movement, buffalo chips, ca-ca, castor-bean meal, commercial fertilizer, compost, coprolite, coprolith, cow chips, cow flops, cow pats, crap, defecation, dingleberry, dressing, droppings, dung, enrichener, feces, feculence, fertilizer, guano, jakes, movement, muck, night soil, nitrate, nitrogen, ordure, organic fertilizer, phosphate, sewage, sewerage, shit, stool, superphosphate, turd

Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
 

manure

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

Manure \Ma*nure"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Manured; p. pr. & vb. n. Manuring.]

[Contr, from OF. manuvrer, manovrer, to work with the hand, to cultivate by manual labor, F. man?uvker. See Manual, Ure, Opera, and cf. Inure.]

1. To cultivate by manual labor; to till; hence, to develop by culture. [Obs.]

To whom we gave the strand for to manure. --Surrey.

Manure thyself then; to thyself be improved; And with vain, outward things be no more moved. --Donne.

2. To apply manure to; to enrich, as land, by the application of a fertilizing substance.

The blood of English shall manure the ground. --Shak.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Manure \Ma*nure"\, n. Any matter which makes land productive; a fertilizing substance, as the contents of stables and barnyards, dung, decaying animal or vegetable substances, etc. --Dryden.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)