dung

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This is owing to the fact that the dung is allowed to accumulate in the court for some time.

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  1. noun The excrement of animals.
  2. noun Manure.
  3. noun Something foul or abhorrent.

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  1. Middle English, from Old English.

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  1. from Middle English dung, dong, rarely ding, from Anglo-Saxon dung, also dyng (in glosses badly written dingc and dinig) = OFries. dung, Friesic dong = Old High German tunga, Middle High German tunge, dung, German dung (with Low German d) (cf. Middle High German tunger, German dünger, manure) = Swedish dynga, muck, = Danish dynge, a heap, hoard, mass. Hence dingy.
  2. from Middle English dungen, dongen (with restored vowel), from Anglo-Saxon ge-dyngan = OFries. donga, denga = Middle High German tungen, German düngen, dung, manure (cf. Danish dynge = Swedish dynga, heap, hoard, amass); from the noun.
 

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