English

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Etymology

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From over- +‎ dunged.

Adjective

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overdunged (comparative more overdunged, superlative most overdunged)

  1. (agriculture) fertilized with too much dung
    • 1844, Cuthbert William Johnson, On Fertilizers, page 112:
      That the land may not be overdunged, and the crop consequently lodged, care must be taken not to lay above forty such cart-loads on the Swedish acre for spring corn; each cart containing 180 gallons English, or 1920 lbs.