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单词 horse-dung
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horse-dungn.

Forms:

α. see horse n. and dung n.1

β. late Middle English horses downge.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: horse n., dung n.1
Etymology: In α. forms < horse n. + dung n.1 In β. forms < the genitive of horse n. + dung n.1Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈhorse-dung.
The excrement of horses.
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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.
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