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DUNGING
Verb
dunging
present participle of dung
Noun
dunging (plural dungings)
An application of manure, to fertilize land.
Anagrams
• nudging
Source: Wiktionary
DUNG
Dung, n. Etym: [AS. dung; akin to G. dung, dünger, OHG. tunga, Sw. dynga; cf. Icel. dyngja heap, Dan. dynge, MHG. tunc underground dwelling place, orig., covered with dung. Cf. Dingy.]
Definition: The excrement of an animal. Bacon.
Dung, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dunged; p. pr. & vb. n. Dunging.]
1. To manure with dung. Dryden.
2. (Calico Print.)
Definition: To immerse or steep, as calico, in a bath of hot water containing cow dung; -- done to remove the superfluous mordant.
Dung, v. i.
Definition: To void excrement. Swift.
DING
Ding, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dinged, Dang (Obs.), or Dung (Obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. Dinging.] Etym: [OE. dingen, dengen; akin to AS. dencgan to knock, Icel. dengja to beat, hammer, Sw. dänga, G. dengeln.]
1. To dash; to throw violently. [Obs.] To ding the book a coit's distance from him. Milton.
2. To cause to sound or ring. To ding (anything) in one's ears, to impress one by noisy repetition, as if by hammering.
Ding, v. i.
1. To strike; to thump; to pound. [Obs.] Diken, or delven, or dingen upon sheaves. Piers Plowman.
2. To sound, as a bell; to ring; to clang. The fretful tinkling of the convent bell evermore dinging among the mountain echoes. W. Irving.
3. To talk with vehemence, importunity, or reiteration; to bluster. [Low]
Ding, n.
Definition: A thump or stroke, especially of a bell.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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