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stercoration

stercoration noun: manuring with dung.

Noun

stercoration (countable and uncountable, plural stercorations)

  1. (obsolete) Manuring with dung.
    • The first and most ordinary help is stercoration . The sheeps dung is one of the best ; and next the dung of kine : and thirdly , that of horses1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “VI. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William...

Forms of stercoration

pluralstercorations

Origin of stercoration

From Latin stercoratio, from stercorare (“to dung”).

Questions about stercoration

What does stercoration mean?
Stercoration means manuring with dung.
What part of speech is stercoration?
Stercoration is a noun.
What is the plural of stercoration?
The plural of stercoration is stercorations.

Words near stercoration in the dictionary

  1. stercorary
  2. stercorate
  3. stercorated
  4. stercorates
  5. stercorating
  6. stercoration
  7. stercorations
  8. stercorianism
  9. stercoricolous
  10. stercorin
  11. stercorite

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