midding

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midding - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Midden \Mid"den\, n. [Also midding.] [Cf. Dan. m["o]gdynge, E.
     muck, and dung.]
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     1. A dunghill. [Prov. Eng.]
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     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
        .
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  Midding \Mid"ding\, n.
     Same as Midden.
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