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Webster 1913 Edition

Composture

Com-pos′ture

(?; 135)

,

Noun.

[L.

compositura

,

-postura

, a joining.]

Manure; compost.

[Obs.]

Shak.

Webster 1828 Edition

Composture

COMPOSTURE

,

Noun.

Soil; manure.

Definition 2024

composture

composture

English

Noun

composture ‎(plural compostures)

Compost, composted manure.
- 1607 Shakespeare, Timon of Athens, Act 4 Scene 3
  
  The sea's a thief, whose liquid surge resolves
  
  The moon into salt tears; the earth's a thief,
  
  That feeds and breeds by a composture stolen
  
  From general excrement, each thing's a thief