MANURAGE
Ma*nur"age, n.
Defn: Cultivation. [Obs.] Warner.
MANURANCE
Ma*nur"ance, n.
Defn: Cultivation. [Obs.] Spenser.
MANURE
Ma*nure", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Manured; p. pr. & vb. n. Manuring.]
Etym: [Contr, from OF. manuvrer, manovrer, to work with the hand, to
cultivate by manual labor, F. man. 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.
MANURE
Ma*nure", n.
Defn: Any matter which makes land productive; a fertilizing substance, as the contents of stables and barnyards, dung, decaying animal or vegetable substances, etc. Dryden.
MANUREMENT
Ma*nure"ment, n. Etym: [Cf. OF. manouvrement.]