A place where dung and refuse are put; a dunghill, a midden; a heap of dung, compost, etc., used for manure. Also: dung and other refuse from…
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| 释义 | the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirty place > [noun] > dunghill (20) mixenOE A place where dung and refuse are put; a dunghill, a midden; a heap of dung, compost, etc., used for manure. Also: dung and other refuse from… dung heap?a1300 = dunghill, n., in various senses. miskinc1300 A dunghill or dungheap; a midden; = mixen, n. 1. muckhilla1325 = muck-heap, n. dunghillc1330 A heap or accumulation of dung; esp. a pile in a farmyard into which animal dung, soiled straw, etc., is gathered to be stored and typically… muck-heapa1400 A manure heap, a refuse heap, a midden. Also figurative. middena1425 A dunghill, a dung heap; a refuse heap. Also: a domestic ash-pit. Now chiefly Scottish and English regional (northern). modyngstretea1500 = middenstead, n. dung mixenc1500 a place where dung or other organic refuse is kept; a dung pit or dunghill; a midden; cf. mixen, n. 1a. laystowa1513 = laystall, n. 2. mixhill1552 A dunghill. muck midden1552 a dunghill. laystall1553 A place where refuse and dung is laid. middenstead1583 The place where a dunghill is formed; a dunghill, a midden. Also figurative. layheap1624 = laystall, n. dung pile1658 A pile into which dung or farmyard manure has been gathered. Sometimes also more generally: a refuse heap, a midden. Cf. dunghill, n. midden lair1692 = middenstead, n. thurrock1708 dialect. A heap, spec. of muck or dirt. stercorary1759 A place where manure is stored, a dungheap. Now rare or Obsolete. midden stance1844 = middenstead, n. |
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