Ordure
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈɔːdj(ʊ)ə/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Ordure is a noun meaning Dung, excrement.
Meaning
Dung, excrement.
More Meanings
- (by extension) Dirt, filth.
- (by extension) Something regarded as contaminating or perverting the morals; obscene material.
Example Sentences
For, that the ordure, which continually gathers on the skin, would ſoon ſtop the pores of it, if the ſweat were not furniſht with ſome efficacious diſſolvent to open and pierce them.
If a Man throws upon a Woman's body, from the Navel upwards to beneath the Neck, any Spue, or Urine, or Ordure, or Semen, the Magiſtrate ſhall fine him One Hundred and Twenty Puns of Cowries.
The invention consists in a method of dehydrating animal ordure wherein the ordure is caused to move along a path and subjected to the simultaneous action of a hot air flow, and of ultrasonic and/or microwave radiation during such movement.
Only Madame herself seeing Jacob out had about her that leer, that lewdness, that quake of the surface (visible in the eyes chiefly), which threatens to spill the whole bag of ordure, with difficulty held together, over the pavement. In short, something was wrong.
Word Forms
- ordures
Synonyms for ordure
Depending on context, synonyms include boo-boo, boom-boom, caca, chocolate, crap, crud.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include feces, faeces, bm, stool, dejection, dung.
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