ˈhorse-dung
The excrement of horses.
| 1460–70 Bk. Quintessence i. 6 Distillid in hors dounge contynuely digest. 1606 Peacham Gentl. Exerc. i. xxii. (1612) 73 Let it rot in hot horse dung. 1796 H. Hunter tr. St.-Pierres Stud. Nat. (1799) II. 41 This last insect takes delight in a hillock of horse-dung. 1823 J. Badcock Dom. Amusem. 21 A luting of clay and horse-dung. |