单词 | dunging |
释义 | dungingn. 1. a. The action or an act of applying dung or other organic matter to land, a crop, etc., as a fertilizer; manuring. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > preparation of land or soil > fertilizing or manuring > [noun] > dunging dungingOE tathingc1440 muckingc1450 stercoration1605 soiling1607 muck-spreading1863 OE Antwerp-London Gloss. (2011) 45 Stercoratio, dingiung. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 175 (MED) Erynge and sowynge and dongynge of lond. c1400 Comm. on Canticles (Bodl. 288) in T. Arnold Sel. Eng. Wks. J. Wyclif (1871) III. 65 A good snow is worþ a dungyng, for it holdiþ heete wiþinne þe erþe. a1500 Walter of Henley's Husbandry (Sloane) (1890) 49 (MED) By þis maner of doungyng. 1562 W. Turner 2nd Pt. Herball f. 74v Dungyng hurteth Date trees. a1671 F. Drope Short & Sure Guid Fruit-trees (1672) ii. 19 Good mould..under the roots, doth at once supply the stead of many dungings. 1708 J. Chamberlayne Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia (ed. 22) i. iii. 11 The Soil in some places is so rich, that..it will bear good Barley for almost 20 Years together without dunging. 1767 L. Carter Diary 19 Feb. (1965) I. 334 I might make two crops of Tobacco with two dungings. 1818 Farmer's Mag. 2 Nov. 449 The most sterile corn land, with one good dunging would carry a very luxuriant crop. 1883 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 14 Apr. 703/1 In the case of plants, the value of digging about and dunging is well known. 1914 Estate Mag. May 284/2 If the soil happens to be very poor it might be necessary to give the nursery a good dunging. 1990 D. W. Pearce & R. K. Turner Econ. Nat. Resources & Environment xxii. 342 Reduced dunging of the land further impairs soil fertility. 2013 Western Morning News (Nexis) 29 Aug. 14 [Until the mid twentieth century] ploughing, sowing, reaping, threshing, dunging and hay harvesting all depended upon horse power. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > preparation of land or soil > fertilizing or manuring > [noun] > dunging > dung dungOE muckc1268 dunging?1440 fimea1475 fulyiec1480 tath1492 soil1607 street soil1607 dung-water1608 soiling1610 mucking1611 short dung, manure, muck1618 folding1626 muck water1626 stable manure1629 long dung1658 spit-dunga1671 stercoration1694 street dirt1694 horse-litter1721 pot-dunga1722 sock1790 street manure1793 police manure1825 fold-manure1829 slurry1965 tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) xii. l. 221 The rootis wel in dongynge vmbiwende [L. radicibus fimo oblitis]. 1599 Record's Urinal of Physicke (new ed.) xi. f. 67v The best dungyng for yong shottys of treys is mannys vryne, namely, which hath stande halfe a yere. 1616 G. Markham tr. C. Estienne et al. Maison Rustique (rev. ed.) v. viii. 535 They..burne the stubble and other weeds which are in the fields, whereby they make a manner of dunging of it, by the helpe of raine falling thereupon. 1655 S. Hartlib Legacy of Husbandry (ed. 3) 220 All dungings are the Deputies and Loadstones of this Sal Natura, and by them, ground may be recovered. 1751 W. Gibson New Treat. Dis. Horses 98 Fertile Ground that needs little manure, especially such as..has little or no other Dunging, but what the Animals themselves leave upon it. c. figurative and in figurative contexts. Now rare.Chiefly in religious contexts, often with reference or allusion to the parable of the barren fig tree in Luke 13:6–9. ΚΠ ?1549 G. Joye Contrarye sig. Eviii What then thyncke ye, is hys [sc. Christ's] sentence vpon them, that with no monicions no teachinge, no dunginge wylbe fruteful, but wyl despyse his labor and brynge forthe euyl frutes? 1602 J. Nichols Abrahams Faith ii. v. 296 What a rich and fatte dunging vnto a single life this shrift hath beene. 1659 T. Case Morning Exercise Methodized xxi. 476 That easie, merry, proud faith, that springs up without the dunging of humility, or watering of sorrow. 1711 C. Mather Advice from Taberah 10 When we are under Affliction, we are under the Husbandry of God. It is a Digging, and a Dunging, and a Pruning; an hopeful Cultivation that is imploy'd upon us. 1767 G. Whitefield Let. 28 Dec. in Wks. (1771) III. mccclxxxiii. 367 I am now fifty-three years old. Did you ever hear of such a fifty-three years old barren fig-tree? So much digging, so much dunging, and yet so little fruit. 1930 National Catholic Educ. Assoc. Bull. 27 658 Patient, persistent care; the digging and dunging is provided by the spiritual exercises, the religious life, of the seminary. 2. a. The action or function of defecating; the dropping of dung; an instance of this.More typically used of an animal than a person. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > defecation or urination > defecation > [noun] purgationa1387 shitting1386 officec1395 outpassinga1398 subduction?a1425 easementa1438 cuckingc1440 siegea1475 evacuation?1533 stool1541 egestion1547 dunging1558 purging1579 stooling1599 cackc1600 motion1602 dejection1605 excretion1640 exclusion1646 purgament1650 exoneration1651 disenteration1654 orduring1654 crapping1673 passage1681 seat1697 opening1797 defecation1825 excreting1849 poopc1890 movement1891 job1899 shit?1927 crap1937 dump1942 soiling1943 gick1959 jobbie1981 pooh1981 1558 T. Phaer in tr. Virgil Seuen First Bks. Eneidos vi. sig. P.ivv (note) Mysteltew..cometh by donging of byrdes on the trees. 1607 G. Markham Cavelarice iii. 23 Which you shall knowe by his dunging, for if hee dung oft and moyst, then hee holdes not his foode long in his stomake, [etc.]. 1656 Wit & Drollery 90 Fat folkes doe scummer, As much as Cows do give in summer. And that must be a fruitfull taile, That at one dunging fils a payle. 1747 Easy Way of breeding Canary Birds 15 Take Notice of the Manner of his Dunging. 1757 D. P. Layard Ess. Contagious Distemper Horned Cattle v. 76 If..the beast is costive,..dunging may be procured by giving in the evening a mash of bran. 1829 J. Badcock Conversat. on Conditioning iv. 54 Horses so afflicted with..disordered bowels, which is known by the irregularity of their dungings. 1845 Encycl.Metropolitana XVIII. 802 Muting, the dunging of a Hawk or Heron. 1855 Percivall's Hippopathology (new ed.) II. ii. xi. 415 It [sc. a haemorrhoid] was returned again, and again protruded, doing so after every dunging. 1928 D. Barnes Ryder xxvi. 145 The thoughtless dunging of many birds is somehow a rest to my mind. 1960 Farmer & Stockbreeder 12 Jan. 79/1 About 10 per cent is saved in grass acreage due to less spoilation by treading and dunging. 2011 Pig Progress (Nexis) 30 May 4 She [sc. a sow] gets peace and quiet in the activity area for eating and dunging, while the nest area is reserved for suckling and sleeping. b. The dung of an animal; excrement, droppings, faeces. Also sometimes in plural. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > substance or secretion and excretion > [noun] > dung sharnc825 thostc1000 dungOE dirta1300 croteysa1425 lessesa1425 grotesc1450 pillc1450 fumishing1527 trattles1547 fiants1575 dunging1582 dropping1596 soil1607 soiling1610 stercoration1694 pellet1884 mire1922 pat1937 scat1950 1582 J. Walker Diary 10 Aug. in E. S. Donno Elizabethan in 1582 (1976) 304 We sawe the footinge of certeyne beastes and lykewyse the dunging whiche we ymagyned to be of elephantes. 1593 J. Eliot Ortho-epia Gallica ii. x. 62 This pasturage is full of the dunging [Fr. de crottes & de laisses] of wild boares, stags, hinds, and fawns. 1625 J. Hall Voy. Greenland in S. Purchas Pilgrimes III. iv. xiv. 819 Wee saw the footing and dunging of diuers beasts, which we did suppose to be deere. a1699 T. Nourse Campania Fœlix (1700) iii. 51 This sort of Dust..is generally fatter than common Earth by reason of the Dungings of Cattle, and Trash which is commonly cast into the High-ways. 1718 S. Switzer Ichnographia Rustica III. App. ii. 11 The Turf [should be] well rolled in the Spring, and all Mole-Hills and the Dunging of Cattle kept continually spread about. 1829 J. Badcock Conversat. on Conditioning 132 If the dungings appear in a very pale state.., give the laxative ball. 1861 F. Taylor Recoll. Horse Dealer xvi. 255 The oats should be mixed with bran,..until it is seen by the consistency of the horse's dunging that he can digest his oats. 1982 Jrnl. Appl. Ecol. 19 955 For each quadrat the number of recognizable pony, cow or deer dungings, and the number of recognizable urination sites were recorded. 3. Dyeing. The operation of immersing fabric in a solution containing dung or an inorganic salt in order to remove superfluous mordant. Cf. dung v. 3. Now historical. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > colouring > dyeing > [noun] > processes or techniques masteringa1475 woading1613 aluming1735 saddening1743 bouillon1791 galling1791 dunging1792 piece-dyeing1863 union dyeing1875 batik1880 batiking1880 tie-and-dye1886 cross-dyeing1901 tie-dying1903 vat dyeing1912 tie-dye1926 tied dyeing1928 ikat1931 overdyeing1939 yūzen1958 spin-dyeing1961 1792 C. O'Brien Callico Printers' Assistant II. Of cleansing goods A deal depends on the copperman's judgment, and..it therefore behoves him to be attentive, as well as in the next operation of dunging. 1836 Penny Cycl. VI. 153/2 The dunging is..one of the most important..processes in calico-printing. 1920 Textile Colorist Mar. 187/1 The printing, hanging and dunging is carried out as already described. 2003 Chem. N.Z. Apr. 52/2 Of the numerous improvements made by Mercer, the use of alkaline arsenites..in the dunging operation was one of the more important. Compounds attributive. Of, for, or relating to the defecation of animals; (later often) spec. (Agriculture) designating an area used or set aside for defecation, or a channel or gutter by which dung is removed, in a farm building or enclosure in which animals (esp. pigs) are kept, as dunging area, dunging passage, dunging place, etc. ΚΠ 1669 tr. A. Kircher Vulcano's 56 Nitre, Salt, Allom, in some moist places,..as also in the dunging-places of Pidgeons and other Animals,..is dug forth in most plentiful store and abundance. 1850 R. S. Burn Pract. Archit. as applied to Farm Buildings i. 49 Double stalls..with the horses' heads to the outsides walls, and a wide dunging passage..between them. 1890 J. W. Redhouse Turkish & Eng. Lexicon 2049/1 A dunging-place for birds. 1907 G. A. T. Middleton Mod. Buildings VI. vi. 40/1 The dunging channel or gutter..carries the fluid either to cesspit or direct to the liquid manure cistern. 1959 Afr. Wild Life Dec. 316 (heading) Dunging habits. 1984 Cornell Veterinarian 74 176 Pigs usually defecate along trails so that a dunging passage is the most likely area to be used for that purpose by confined pigs. 2005 National Hog Farmer (Nexis) 15 Mar. 14 One room features a washing gutter that uses nozzles and pressurized water to clean the dunging area. 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