Dung

Chamber's Twientieth Century Dictionary · 1908 · p. 33

dung, n. the excrement of animals: refuse litter mixed with excrement.— v.t. to manure with dung.— v.i. to void excrement.— ns. Dung′-bee′tle , the dor-beetle: ( pl. ) the scarabæoid beetles generally; Dung′-fork , a fork used for moving stable manure; Dung′hill , a heap of dung: any mean situation; Dung′mere , a manure-pit.— adj. Dung′y . [A.S. dung ; cf. Dan. dynge , a heap; Ger. dung .]