a. 1. Capable of cultivation. [ Obs. ] Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Capable of receiving a fertilizing substance. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Cultivation. [ Obs. ] Warner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Cultivation. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Manured p. pr. & vb. n. Manuring. ] [ Contr, from OF. manuvrer, manovrer, to work with the hand, to cultivate by manual labor, F. manœuvrer. See Manual, Ure, Opera, and cf. Inure. ] 1. To cultivate by manual labor; to till; hence, to develop by culture. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

To whom we gave the strand for to manure. Surrey. [ 1913 Webster ]

Manure thyself then; to thyself be improved;
And with vain, outward things be no more moved. Donne. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To apply manure to; to enrich, as land, by the application of a fertilizing substance. [ 1913 Webster ]

The blood of English shall manure the ground. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Any matter which makes land productive; a fertilizing substance. Especially, , dung, the contents of stables and barnyards, decaying animal or vegetable substances, etc. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. OF. manouvrement. ] Cultivation. [ Obs. ] W. Wotton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who manures land. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Relating to manures. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of process of applying manure; also, the manure applied. [ 1913 Webster ]