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Definition of Cow dung
1. Noun. A piece of dried bovine dung.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cow Dung
Literary usage of Cow dung
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Southey's Common-place Book by Robert Southey, John Wood Warter (1855)
"THE custom so universal in India, of using cow-dung for covering for ... Once a
week, perhaps, it is common to rub over earthen floors with fresh cow-dung, ..."
2. Report of the Secretary for Agriculture by United States Dept. of Agriculture (1872)
"16 pounds cow-dung; 7 cwt. 27 pounds pig-dung; 3 cwt. 70 pounds sheep-dung ; or
100 pounds human feces equal to 109 pounds horse- dung ; 111 pounds cow-dung ..."
3. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club by Torrey Botanical Club (1902)
"1899 (Banker); cow dung, Aberdeen, SD, Sept. 1899 (Towne); horse, cow, ...
1899 (Frierson); horse and cow dung, Summit and Family, Mont, Aug. ..."
4. The American Agriculturist (1846)
"Q. Why is the solid part of horse dung richer or hotter than cow dung ? ... Q.
Why is cow dung colder and less liable to ferment than most other kinds of ..."
5. Transactions of the Philological Society by Philological Society (Great Britain). (1867)
"Cow-clap, n. cow-dung. Cowed, adj. a cow without horns is Cowed, adj. intimidated,
... Cow-quake, n. damp, cold weather in Cow-scam, ) n. cow-dung. ..."
6. American Agriculturist (1846)
"Q. Why is the solid part of horse dung richer or Hotter than cow dung ? ... Q.
Why is cow dung colder and less liable to ferment than most other kinds of ..."
7. A Vagabond Journey Around the World: A Narrative of Personal Experience by Harry Alverson Franck (1911)
"Regularly, each morning, he draws forth a preparation of coloring matter and
cow-dung for the cow is a sacred animal — and daubs on his forehead the sign of ..."
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