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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Mount :: Mount (v.) A bulwark for offense or defense; a mound.
Rockery :: Rockery (n.) A mound formed of fragments of rock, earth, etc., and set with plants..
Knoll :: Knoll (n.) A little round hill; a mound; a small elevation of earth; the top or crown of a hill.
Rath :: Rath (n.) A hill or mound.
Mounding :: Mounding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Moun.
Mole :: Mole (n.) A mound or massive work formed of masonry or large stones, etc., laid in the sea, often extended either in a right line or an arc of a circle before a port which it serves to defend from the violence of the waves, thus protecting ships in a harbor; also, sometimes, the harbor itself..
Barbette :: Barbette (n.) A mound of earth or a platform in a fortification, on which guns are mounted to fire over the parapet..
Undam :: Undam (v. t.) To free from a dam, mound, or other obstruction..
Mound :: Mound (v. t.) To fortify or inclose with a mound.
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..
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.
Tumulate :: Tumulate (v. t.) To cover, as a corpse, with a mound or tomb; to bury..
Dun :: Dun (n.) A mound or small hill.
Earthbank :: Earthbank (n.) A bank or mound of earth.
Orb :: Orb (n.) Same as Mound, a ball or globe. See lst Mound..
Imbankment :: Imbankment (n.) The act of surrounding with a bank; a bank or mound raised for defense, a roadway, etc.; an embankment. See Embankment..
Hornito :: Hornito (n.) A low, oven-shaped mound, common in volcanic regions, and emitting smoke and vapors from its sides and summit..
Bank :: Bank (v. t.) To raise a mound or dike about; to inclose, defend, or fortify with a bank; to embank..
Rideau :: Rideau (n.) A small mound of earth; ground slightly elevated; a small ridge.
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