a.
n. Cultivation. [ Obs. ] Warner. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Cultivation. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
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 ]
The blood of English shall manure the ground. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Any matter which makes land productive; a fertilizing substance.
n. [ Cf. OF. manouvrement. ] Cultivation. [ Obs. ] W. Wotton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who manures land. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Relating to manures. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The act of process of applying manure; also, the manure applied. [ 1913 Webster ]