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mound

 

  5  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mound  \Mound\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Mounded};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Mounding}.] 
  To  fortify  or  inclose  with  a  mound. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mound  \Mound\  (mound),  n.  [F.  monde  the  world,  L.  mundus.  See 
  {Mundane}.] 
  A  ball  or  globe  forming  part  of  the  regalia  of  an  emperor  or 
  other  sovereign.  It  is  encircled  with  bands,  enriched  with 
  precious  stones,  and  surmounted  with  a  cross;  --  called  also 
  {globe}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mound  \Mound\,  n.  [OE.  mound,  mund,  protection,  AS  mund 
  protection,  hand;  akin  to  OHG.  munt,  Icel.  mund  hand,  and 
  prob.  to  L.  manus.  See  {Manual}.] 
  An  artificial  hill  or  elevation  of  earth;  a  raised  bank;  an 
  embarkment  thrown  up  for  defense;  a  bulwark;  a  rampart;  also 
  a  natural  elevation  appearing  as  if  thrown  up  artificially;  a 
  regular  and  isolated  hill,  hillock,  or  knoll. 
 
  To  thrid  the  thickets  or  to  leap  the  mounds.  --Dryden. 
 
  {Mound  bird}.  (Zo["o]l.)  Same  as  {Mound  maker}  (below). 
 
  {Mound  builders}  (Ethnol.),  the  tribe,  or  tribes,  of  North 
  American  aborigines  who  built,  in  former  times,  extensive 
  mounds  of  earth,  esp.  in  the  valleys  of  the  Mississippi 
  and  Ohio  Rivers.  Formerly  they  were  supposed  to  have 
  preceded  the  Indians,  but  later  investigations  go  to  show 
  that  they  were  in  general,  identical  with  the  tribes  that 
  occupied  the  country  when  discovered  by  Europeans. 
 
  {Mound  maker}  (Zo["o]l.),  any  one  of  the  megapodes. 
 
  {Shell  mound},  a  mound  of  refuse  shells,  collected  by 
  aborigines  who  subsisted  largely  on  shellfish.  See 
  {Midden},  and  {Kitchen  middens}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  mound 
  n  1:  (in  baseball)  the  slight  elevation  on  which  the  pitcher 
  stands  [syn:  {hill},  {pitcher's  mound}] 
  2:  a  small  natural  hill  [syn:  {knoll},  {hillock},  {hummock},  {hammock}] 
  3:  a  collection  of  objects  laid  on  top  of  each  other  [syn:  {pile}, 
  {heap}] 
  4:  an  artificial  heap  or  bank  usually  of  earth  or  stones;  "they 
  built  small  mounds  to  hide  behind"  [syn:  {hill}] 
  5:  the  position  on  a  baseball  team  of  the  player  who  throws  the 
  ball  for  a  batter  to  try  to  hit;  "he  has  played  every 
  position  except  pitcher";  "they  have  a  southpaw  on  the 
  mound"  [syn:  {pitcher}] 
  v  :  form  into  a  mound,  as  of  earth 
 
  From  U.S.  Gazetteer  (1990)  [gazetteer]: 
 
  Mound,  LA  (village,  FIPS  52565) 
  Location:  32.33679  N,  91.02147  W 
  Population  (1990):  16  (5  housing  units) 
  Area:  0.6  sq  km  (land),  0.0  sq  km  (water) 
  Zip  code(s):  71282 
  Mound,  MN  (city,  FIPS  44476) 
  Location:  44.93365  N,  93.66015  W 
  Population  (1990):  9634  (3965  housing  units) 
  Area:  7.6  sq  km  (land),  5.1  sq  km  (water) 
  Zip  code(s):  55364




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