α. see horse n. and dung n.1
β. late Middle English horses downge.
单词 | horse-dung |
释义 | horse-dungn.α. see horse n. and dung n.1 β. late Middle English horses downge. The excrement of horses. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > body or parts of horse > [noun] > excrement horse-dunga1475 horse manure1843 road apples1923 a1475 Bk. Quinte Essence (1889) 6 Distillid in hors dounge contynuely digest. 1612 H. Peacham Gentlemans Exercise i. xxii. 73 Let it rot in hot horse dung. 1796 H. Hunter tr. J.-H. B. de Saint-Pierre Stud. Nature (1799) II. 41 This last insect takes delight in a hillock of horse-dung. 1823 J. Badcock Domest. Amusem. 21 A luting of clay and horse-dung. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.a1475 |
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