1.
[syn: droppings, dung, muck]
VERB (2)
1. fertilize or dress with dung;
- Example: "you must dung the land"
2. defecate; used of animals;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Ding \Ding\ (d[i^]ng), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dinged, Dang
(Obs.), or Dung (Obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. Dinging.] [OE.
dingen, dengen; akin to AS. dencgan to knock, Icel. dengja to
beat, hammer, Sw. d[aum]nga, G. dengeln.]
1. To dash; to throw violently. [Obs.]
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To ding the book a coit's distance from him.
--Milton.
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2. To cause to sound or ring.
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To ding (anything) in one's ears, to impress one by noisy
repetition, as if by hammering.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Dung \Dung\, v. i.
To void excrement. --Swift.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Dung \Dung\ (d[u^]ng), n. [AS. dung; akin to G. dung, d["u]nger,
OHG. tunga, Sw. dynga; cf. Icel. dyngja heap, Dan. dynge,
MHG. tunc underground dwelling place, orig., covered with
dung. Cf. Dingy.]
The excrement of an animal. --Bacon.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Dung \Dung\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dunged; p. pr. & vb. n.
Dunging.]
1. To manure with dung. --Dryden.
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2. (Calico Print.) To immerse or steep, as calico, in a bath
of hot water containing cow dung; -- done to remove the
superfluous mordant.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
dung
n 1: fecal matter of animals [syn: droppings, dung, muck]
v 1: fertilize or dress with dung; "you must dung the land"
2: defecate; used of animals