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middenstead
middenstead (ˈmɪd(ə)nstɛd) [f. midden + stead. Cf. MDa. m{obar}ddingstede (Kalkar).] The place where a dunghill is formed; a laystall.1607 Burgh Rec. Glasgow (1876) I. 273 To tak in the stanis of the vttir syd of his midinge sted. 1654 Manch. Court Leet Rec. (1887) IV. 131 Mr. Nicholas Mosley of Col...
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Privy midden
The privy midden (also midden closet) was a toilet system that consisted of a privy (outhouse) associated with a midden (or middenstead, ie a dump for
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modyngstrete
modyngstrete var. or corrupt f. middenstead.c 1475 Pict. Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 798/4 Hoc senum [= cœnum], a modyngstrete.
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midden
midden Now dial. (rarely arch.). (ˈmɪd(ə)n) Forms: 4 medynge, myding, 4–5 myd(d)yng, 5 middynge, myddyn, 5–6 mydding, 5–9 midding, 6 myddin, 6–7 mydinge, 7 miding(e, 7–9 middin, 7– midden. [Of Scandinavian origin: ME. myddyng corresponds to Da. m{obar}dding, altered form of m{obar}gdynge, f. m{obar}...
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