stercoration

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noun

Manuring with dung.

OriginLatin stercoratio →
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Meanings

nounstercoration (countable and uncountable, plural stercorations)

plural stercorations

  1. countableobsoleteuncountableManuring 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 horses

    1627 (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 Lee […], →OCLC

Origin

  1. Latinstercoratio
  2. Englishstercoration

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

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APA

stercoration. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stercoration

MLA

“stercoration.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stercoration. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stercoration,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stercoration.

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