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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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Bible Dictionary

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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