Hypertext Webster Gateway: "dunghill"
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).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Dunghill \Dung"hill`\, n.
1. A heap of dung.
2. Any mean situation or condition; a vile abode.
He . . . lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill. --
1. Sam. ii. 8.
{Dunghill fowl}, a domestic fowl of common breed.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
dunghill
n 1: a foul or degraded condition
2: a heap of dung or refuse [syn: {midden}, {muckheap}, {muckhill}]
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