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Midden
Pronunciation : Mid"den
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Cf. Dan. m?gdynge, E. muck, and dung.]
Definition : 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.
[Also midding.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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