单词 | hog's dung |
释义 | > as lemmashog's dung hog's dung n. the excrement of a hog. ΚΠ ?1550 H. Llwyd tr. Pope John XXI Treasury of Healthe sig. G.vii The ioyce of hogges dounge cast into the nostrelles doth restrayne the bloud. 1657 S. Purchas Theatre Flying-insects 88 Mr. Remnant dislikes ringing before the swarm bee quite out of their Hive; but..prescribes to make the greatest sound you can to prevent it, as also by throwing up dust, Hogs-dung, or Cows-dung to disturb, and trouble them. 1703 tr. H. van Oosten Dutch Gardener i. 2 Hogs dung is good almost for any ground. 1874 Amer. Cycl. VII. 523/2 First, stale urine and hogs' dung, subsequently urine alone, and again fullers' earth and water. 1992 Independent (Nexis) 10 May 33 A farmer keeps his mind on Mr Tull's seed drill and on the qualities of hog's dung to avoid thinking of his dead child, who appears to him at night. < as lemmas |
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