manure
noun
excrement, especially of animals, or other refuse used as fertilizer.
well-manured
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a word derived from
manure.
Example Sentences
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At the edge of the cobblestones was a bit of well-manured earth where a lovely rose bush grew and a row of bright red geraniums.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
They should be sown on well-tilled and well-manured land, about four bushels to the acre, towards the last of April or the first of May.
From Cattle and Their Diseases Embracing Their History and Breeds, Crossing and Breeding, And Feeding and Management; With the Diseases to which They are Subject, And The Remedies Best Adapted to their Cure by Robert Jennings
The following spring they are set 60 cm. apart in nursery rows 1 m. apart in well-manured and well-prepared plots.
From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. August 31 and September 1, 1953 by Northern Nut Growers Association
Soil and Cultivation.—Both of the varieties require a well-manured soil.
From The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use. by Fearing Burr
About 1 lb. soil from a wood, a well-manured garden and a field; also some subsoil.
From Lessons on Soil by E. J. Russell
