Definition of mound

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Mound (n.) A ball or globe forming part of the regalia of an emperor or other sovereign. It is encircled with bands, enriched with precious stones, and surmounted with a cross; -- called also globe..

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Tumulous :: Tumulous (a.) Full of small hills or mounds; hilly; tumulose.
Tumulate :: Tumulate (v. t.) To cover, as a corpse, with a mound or tomb; to bury..
Barrow :: Barrow (n.) A large mound of earth or stones over the remains of the dead; a tumulus.
Agger :: Agger (n.) An earthwork; a mound; a raised work.
Parados :: Parados (n.) An intercepting mound, erected in any part of a fortification to protect the defenders from a rear or ricochet fire; a traverse..
Cast :: Cast (v. t.) To throw up, as a mound, or rampart..
Rockery :: Rockery (n.) A mound formed of fragments of rock, earth, etc., and set with plants..
Milldam :: Milldam (n.) A dam or mound to obstruct a water course, and raise the water to a height sufficient to turn a mill wheel..
Low :: Low (n.) A hill; a mound; a grave.
Orb :: Orb (n.) Same as Mound, a ball or globe. See lst Mound..
Mound :: Mound (n.) An artificial hill or elevation of earth; a raised bank; an embarkment thrown up for defense; a bulwark; a rampart; also, a natural elevation appearing as if thrown up artificially; a regular and isolated hill, hillock, or knoll..
Barbette :: Barbette (n.) A mound of earth or a platform in a fortification, on which guns are mounted to fire over the parapet..
Bank :: Bank (n.) A mound, pile, or ridge of earth, raised above the surrounding level; hence, anything shaped like a mound or ridge of earth; as, a bank of clouds; a bank of snow..
Maleo :: Maleo (n.) A bird of Celebes (megacephalon maleo), allied to the brush turkey. It makes mounds in which to lay its eggs..
Stannary :: Stank (n.) A dam or mound to stop water.
Bank :: Bank (v. t.) To raise a mound or dike about; to inclose, defend, or fortify with a bank; to embank..
Heave :: Heave (v. i.) To be thrown up or raised; to rise upward, as a tower or mound..
Berry :: Berry (n.) A mound; a hillock.
Earthbank :: Earthbank (n.) A bank or mound of earth.
Tell :: Tell (n.) A hill or mound.
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