Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Composition; composure.
- noun Compost; manure.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete Manure; compost.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
Compost , compostedmanure .
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Examples
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Feeds and breeds by a composture, 109. himself his neighbor and me, 658.
Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature John Bartlett 1862
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2091: That feeds and breeds by a composture stolne
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