Dung-hill

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dunghill \Dung"hill`\, n.
     1. A heap of dung.
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     2. Any mean situation or condition; a vile abode.
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              He . . . lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill. --
                                                    1. Sam. ii. 8.
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     {Dunghill fowl}, a domestic fowl of common breed.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  dunghill
       n 1: a foul or degraded condition
       2: a heap of dung or refuse [syn: {midden}, {muckheap}, {muckhill}]

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Dung-hill
     to sit on a, was a sign of the deepest dejection (1 Sam. 2:8;
     Ps. 113:7; Lam. 4:5).