Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for MOUND
MOUND, n. [Sax. mund; W. mwnt, from mwn; L. mons, See Mount.]
Something raised as a defense or fortification, usually a bank of earth or stone; a bulwark; a rampart or fence. God has thrown / That mountain as his garden mound high raised. Milton. To thrid the thickets or to leap the mounds. Dryden
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