midden

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

midden
    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}]

from The 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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