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1574.  R. Scot, Hop Garden, 33. Rather vse no dung than vnrotten dunge about the dressing of your Hoppes.

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1683.  J. Reid, Scots Gard’ner, II. ii. Let not the root of any tree stand on … unrotten-manure.

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1742.  Young, Nt. Th., II. 564. Since friends grow not thick on ev’ry bough, Nor ev’ry friend unrotten at the core.

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1763.  Mills, Pract. Husb., II. 20. The yet un-rotten straw might be apt to clog the shares of the drill.

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