2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Midden \Mid"den\, n. [Also {midding}.] [Cf. Dan. m["o]gdynge, E.
muck, and dung.]
1. A dunghill. [Prov. Eng.]
2. An accumulation of refuse about a dwelling place
especially, an accumulation of shells or of cinders,
bones, and other refuse on the supposed site of the
dwelling places of prehistoric tribes, -- as on the shores
of the Baltic Sea and in many other places. See {Kitchen
middens}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
midden
n 1: (archeology) a mound of domestic refuse containing shells
and animal bones marking the site of a prehistoric
settlement [syn: {eitchen midden}, {kitchen midden}]
2: a heap of dung or refuse [syn: {dunghill}, {muckheap}, {muckhill}]
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