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manurable, a.|məˈnjʊərəb(ə)l|
Also 7 maynorable, maniorable (corruptly for *mainorable), manureable.
[f. manure v. + -able.]
†1. Law. Admitting of being held in corporeal possession. Obs.
1628Coke On Litt. 47 If a man demiseth the vesture or herbage of his land, he may reserue a rent, for that the thing is maynorable. Ibid. 142 A Rent seruice cannot be reserued out of any inheritance but such as is manurable, whereinto the Lord may enter and take a distresse, as in Lands and Tenements, Reuersions, Remainders, and as some haue said, out of the herbage of lands. 1767J. Comyns Digest s.v. Pleader C 35 If he alledges Seisin of Things manurable, as of Lands, Tenements,..&c. he shall say [etc.]. If of Things not manurable, as of an Advowson &c. he shall say [etc.].
†2. Of land: That can be worked or cultivated.
1630R. Johnson's Kingd. & Commw. 544 The residue, except the sand, is made manurable, either for feeding of Cattell or Camels. a1676Hale De Jure Maris i. vi. in Hargrave's Tracts (1787) I. 26 For the most part the lands covered with these fluxes are dry and maniorable. 1756P. Browne Jamaica 13 They laid a tax of five shillings per acre on all manurable lands that should not be forthwith opened and cultivated.
3. That can be manured or fertilized.
1828–32in Webster; and in later Dicts. |