bedung, v.
(bɪˈdʌŋ)
[f. be- + dung.]
trans. To treat with dung or manure; to befoul with dung; also fig.
| 1639 Horn & Robotham Gate Lang. Unl. xiv. §157 What he [the thrush] bedungeth, that sprouteth forth to misselen, whence comes bird-lime. 1650 Bp. Hall Cases Consc. 83 Leaving all but his head, to bedung that earth, which had lately shaken at his terrour. 1679 T. Puller Moder. Ch. Eng. (1843) 300 Soundly bedunged with calumny and filth. |