midden.
A dung heap.
Meaning & usage
A dung heap.
A refuse heap usually near a dwelling.
An accumulation, deposit, or soil derived from occupation debris, rubbish, or other by-products of human activity, such as bone, shell, ash, or decayed organic materials; or a pile or mound of such materials, often prehistoric.
A shelter made of vegetation and other materials by packrats.
An accumulation of dried urine and fecal deposits made by hyraxes.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English midding, myddyng, from Old Danish mykdyngja, (a compound of Old Norse myk, myki (“muck, manure”) and dyngja (“dung, dungpile”)), whence also Danish møgdynge and mødding, Norwegian mødding, dialectal Swedish mödding.
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