manurial
adjUS /məˈnʌɹ.i.əl/ · UK /məˈnjʊəɹ.ɪ.əl/
Etymology From manure + -ial.
1
Of or pertaining to manure.
- 1894, Ivan Dexter, Talmud: A Strange Narrative of Central Australia, published in serial form in Port Adelaide News and Lefevre's Peninsula Advertiser (SA), Chapter XXVI, http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks16/1600641.txt I understood from Anscra that all the filth and refuse of the settlement—except a certain portion kept for manurial purposes, and sent to the plantation—was thrown into this torrent nightly and swept perhaps hundreds of miles away.
- Birds' dung has been held in high regard since time immemorial as a fertiliser, and the fact that this wonderful new manure was composed of birds' dung, and had a strong manurial smell, undoubtedly helped it to come rapidly into favour among farmers.1917, Transactions of the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland:
- Derived terms
- manurially