Manure /(mȧ*nūr")/

Ma·nure

Manure

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Manured; p. pr. & vb. n. Manuring

  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.

manure

n.
  1. Any matter which makes land productive; a fertilizing substance.