remanurev.
/ˌriːməˈnjʊə/, /ˌriːməˈnjɔː/, U.S. /ˌriməˈn(j)ʊ(ə)r/ transitive. To manure again; to re-enrich with manure.
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > preparation of land or soil > fertilizing or manuring > fertilize or manure [verb (transitive)]
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1598 W. Lisle tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Colonies 68 These..hills..remanure the lands with fruitfull cloudes and showers.
1733 G. Turner tr. W. Chrouet Brief Acct. Mineral Waters Spa in tr. J. P. Seip Brief Acct. Mineral Waters Pyrmont ii.126 Earth which is burnt produces only two years, whereas that which is remanured with lime continues 25 or 30.
1823 Ld. Byron Age of Bronze v. 11 Clashing hosts, who strewed the barren sand To re-manure the uncultivated land!
1851 J. F. W. Johnston Lect. Applic. Chem. & Geol. to Agric. xvii. 422 The purposes of remanuring.
1990 Geogr. Jrnl. 156 225/1 We see them slowly recovering, building up their herds and beginning to re-manure their fields.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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