dunghill

3 definitions found

dunghill - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Dunghill \Dung"hill`\, n.
     1. A heap of dung.
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     2. Any mean situation or condition; a vile abode.
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              He . . . lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill. --
                                                    1. Sam. ii. 8.
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     Dunghill fowl, a domestic fowl of common breed.
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dunghill - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  dunghill
      n 1: a foul or degraded condition
      2: a heap of dung or refuse [syn: dunghill, midden,
         muckheap, muckhill]

dunghill - Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary :

  Dung-hill
  to sit on a, was a sign of the deepest dejection (1 Sam. 2:8;
  Ps. 113:7; Lam. 4:5).