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means Solid waste matter excreted by animals, often used as fertilizer.

from From Old English 'dung,' meaning manure or the act of fertilizing soil — the word has roots in a broader Germanic family, with cousins in Old High German and Old Norse carrying similar earthy meanings. Some scholars link it further back to a root tied to covering or concealing, perhaps from the old practice of burying dung-covered pits to keep livestock warm in winter. Honest and unglamorous, the word has barely changed its shape or its job in over a thousand years.