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midden |
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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