Dictionary entry

Dung (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Dung, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Dunged (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Dunging.] 1. To manure with dung. Dryden.

2. (Calico Print.) To immerse or steep, as calico, in a bath of hot water containing cow dung; — done to remove the superfluous mordant.