Com"post [OF. compost, fr. L. compositus, p. p. See Composite.]
1.
A mixture; a compound.
[R.]
A sad compost of more bitter than sweet.
Hammond.
2. Agric.
A mixture for fertilizing land; esp., a composition of various substances (as muck, mold, lime, and stable manure) thoroughly mingled and decomposed, as in a compost heap.
And do not spread the compost on the weeds
To make them ranker.
Shak.
© Webster 1913.
Com"post, v. t.
1.
To manure with compost.
2.
To mingle, as different fertilizing substances, in a mass where they will decompose and form into a compost.
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