- muck-midden
- muckˈheap or muckˈ-midden nounA dunghill• • •Main Entry: ↑muck
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muck-midden — a dunghill. N … A glossary of provincial and local words used in England
midden — (n.) mid 14c., dung hill, of Scandinavian origin; Cf. Dan. mèdding, from mèg muck (see MUCK (Cf. muck) (n.)) + dynge heap of dung (see DUNG (Cf. dung)). Modern archaeological sense of kitchen midden is from Danish excavations … Etymology dictionary
Muck — Muck, n. [Icel. myki; akin to D. m[ o]g. Cf. {Midden}.] 1. Dung in a moist state; manure. Bacon. [1913 Webster] 2. Vegetable mold mixed with earth, as found in low, damp places and swamps. [1913 Webster] 3. Anything filthy or vile. Spenser. [1913 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Muck bar — Muck Muck, n. [Icel. myki; akin to D. m[ o]g. Cf. {Midden}.] 1. Dung in a moist state; manure. Bacon. [1913 Webster] 2. Vegetable mold mixed with earth, as found in low, damp places and swamps. [1913 Webster] 3. Anything filthy or vile. Spenser.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Muck iron — Muck Muck, n. [Icel. myki; akin to D. m[ o]g. Cf. {Midden}.] 1. Dung in a moist state; manure. Bacon. [1913 Webster] 2. Vegetable mold mixed with earth, as found in low, damp places and swamps. [1913 Webster] 3. Anything filthy or vile. Spenser.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
muck pile — Muck Muck, n. [Icel. myki; akin to D. m[ o]g. Cf. {Midden}.] 1. Dung in a moist state; manure. Bacon. [1913 Webster] 2. Vegetable mold mixed with earth, as found in low, damp places and swamps. [1913 Webster] 3. Anything filthy or vile. Spenser.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
midden — [mid′ n] n. [ME midding < Scand, as in Dan mögdynge < mög, muck + dynge, a heap] 1. Brit. a dunghill or refuse heap 2. short for KITCHEN MIDDEN … English World dictionary
Midden — Mid den, n. [Also {midding}.] [Cf. Dan. m[ o]gdynge, E. muck, and dung.] [1913 Webster] 1. A dunghill. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster] 2. An accumulation of refuse about a dwelling place; especially, an accumulation of shells or of cinders, bones,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Midden — Kitchen midden at Elizabeth Island, Strait of Magellan as excavated by the Albatross party with the Albatross at anchor … Wikipedia
muck — [13] The original meaning of muck is ‘excrement’; the more general ‘dirt’ is a 14thcentury development. It goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *muk , *meuk ‘soft’. This was also the source of Danish møg ‘dung’ (which provides the first syllable… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
