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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: (archeology) a mound of domestic refuse containing shells and animal bones marking the site of a prehistoric settlement [syn: eitchen midden, midden, kitchen midden]
2: a heap of dung or refuse [syn: dunghill, midden, muckheap, muckhill]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English midding, Old Norse *mykdyngja, from myki dung + dyngja manure pile — more at dung Date: 14th century 1. dunghill 2. a. a refuse heap; especially kitchen midden b. a small pile (as of seeds, bones, or leaves) gathered by a rodent (as a pack rat)

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a dunghill. 2 a refuse heap near a dwelling. 3 = kitchen midden. Etymology: ME myddyng, of Scand. orig.: cf. Da. m{Yacute}dding muck heap

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Midden Mid"den, n. [Also midding.] [Cf. Dan. m["o]gdynge, E. muck, and dung.] 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.