compostures

Noun

composture (countable and uncountable, plural compostures)

1. (obsolete) Compost, composted manure.
   • The sea's a thief, whose liquid surge resolves
     The moon into salt tears; the earth's a thief,
     That feeds and breeds by a composture stolen
     From general excrement, each thing's a thief.1607, Shakespeare, Timon of Athens, Act 4 Scene 3
2. (obsolete) Composition, makeup, formation.
3. (obsolete) A kind of plaster.