MIDDEN

Mid″den (?), n. [Also midding.] [[Cf. Dan. mögdynge, E. muck, and dung.]] 1. 1. A dunghill.
2. 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.