n. [ Also midding. ] [ Cf. Dan. mögdynge, 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, 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. [ 1913 Webster ]