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dung

  [duhng]
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–noun
1. excrement, esp. of animals; manure.
–verb (used with object)
2. to manure (ground) with or as if with dung.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME, OE; c. LG, G dung; cf. Icel dyngja heap, dung, Sw dynga dung, muck, OHG tunga manuring

Related forms:
dungy, adjective
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dung   (dŭng)   
n.  
    1. The excrement of animals.
    2. Manure.
  2. Something foul or abhorrent.
tr.v.   dunged, dung·ing, dungs
To fertilize (land) with manure.

[Middle English, from Old English.]
dung'y adj.
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Dung

Dung\, 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.

Dung

Dung\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dunged; p. pr. & vb. n. Dunging.]

1. To manure with dung. --Dryden.

2. (Calico Print.) To immerse or steep, as calico, in a bath of hot water containing cow dung; -- done to remove the superfluous mordant.

Dung

Dung\, v. i. To void excrement. --Swift.
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Language Translation for : dung
Spanish: estiércol,
German: der Mist,
Japanese: ふん
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dung 
O.E. dung "manure," from PIE *dhengh- "covering" (cf. Lith. dengti "to cover," O.Ir. dingim "I press"); the word recalls the ancient Gmc. custom (reported by Tacitus) of covering underground shelters with manure to keep in warmth in winter.
"The whole body of journeymen tailors is divided into two classes, denominated Flints and Dungs: the former work by the day and receive all equal wages; the latter work generally by the piece" [1824].
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Dung

(1.) Used as manure (Luke 13:8); collected outside the city walls (Neh. 2:13). Of sacrifices, burned outside the camp (Ex. 29:14; Lev. 4:11; 8:17; Num. 19:5). To be "cast out as dung," a figurative expression (1 Kings 14:10; 2 Kings 9:37; Jer. 8:2; Ps. 18:42), meaning to be rejected as unprofitable. (2.) Used as fuel, a substitute for firewood, which was with difficulty procured in Syria, Arabia, and Egypt (Ezek. 4:12-15), where cows' and camels' dung is used to the present day for this purpose.

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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