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. manuvker. 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.
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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.
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