Meaning of horsedung | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Rubbish; nonsense; bullshit.
   informal, mildly, uncountable, vulgar
2. Horse feces.
   literally, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“The dung of horses, for example, is more susceptible of quick fermentation than that of oxen. When the stable, therefore, opens upon a common yard, the horsedung should not be suffered to accumulate in a mass about the stable door, but spread⟳ abroad upon the heap.”

“During the last⟳ twelve months many analyses have⟳ been made in my laboratory of the mud from the City thoroughfares, with the view⟳ of ascertaining the relative proportions of horsedung to the matter⟳ from the abraded stones and iron⟳ […]”

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