What does ordure mean?

Definitions for ordure
ˈɔr dʒər, -dyʊəror·dure

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. fecal matter, faecal matter, feces, faeces, BM, stool, ordure, dejectionnoun

    solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels

Wiktionary

  1. ordurenoun

    excrement, dung

  2. Etymology: From ordure, from ord ‘filthy’, from horridus ’horrid’, + -ure.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Ordurenoun

    Etymology: ordure, French; from sordes, Lat. Skinner.

    Gard’ners with ordure hide those roots
    That shall first spring and be most delicate. William Shakespeare.

    Working upon human ordure, and by long preparation rendering it odoriferous, he terms it zibetta occidentalis. Brown.

    We added fat pollutions of our own,
    T’ encrease the steaming ordures of the stage. Dryden.

    Renew’d by ordure ’s sympathetick force,
    As oil’d with magic juices for the course,

    Vig’rous he rises. Alexander Pope.

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  1. ordure

    Ordure is a formal or old-fashioned term that refers to excrement or waste material. It's mainly used to describe feces or dung. The term can also be used metaphorically to express something considered distasteful or disgusting.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Ordure

    or′dūr, n. dirt: dung: excrement: also fig. anything unclean.—adj. Or′durous. [Fr.,—O. Fr. ord, foul—L. horridus, rough.]

Entomology

  1. Ordure

    excrement; usually applied to such as is foul or offensive.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of ordure in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of ordure in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9


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