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dunging, vbl. n.|ˈdʌŋɪŋ|
[f. dung v. + -ing1. Cf. Ger. düngung.]
The action of the verb dung.
1. The manuring of land; concr. manure, dung.
c1000[see dung v. 1]. c1420Pallad. on Husb. i. 238 Lupyne and ficchis slayn, and on their roote Vpdried, are as dongyng, londis boote. 1562Turner Herbal ii. 74 b, Dungyng hurteth Date trees. 1708J. Chamberlayne St. Gt. Brit. i. i. iii. (1743) 11 The soil is so rich that it..will bear good Barley for almost 20 years without dunging.
2. Dropping of excrement.
1617Markham Caval. iii. 24 Which you shall know by his dunging. 1725Bradley Fam. Dict. s.v. Pheasant taking, If you perceive by their dunging and scraping, that they frequent any Place. 1846J. Baxter Libr. Pract. Agric. (ed. 4) II. 109 By eating, by treading, by dunging, by staling.
3. Calico-printing. The operation of passing the cloth through a dung-bath. Also attrib.
1836Penny Cycl. VI. 153/2 The dunging is..one of the most important..processes in calico-printing. 1875Ure's Dict. Arts I. 627 Dunging salts, or liquors, are now made by the manufacturing chemist. |