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Mound


MOUND, noun [Latin 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.

To thrid the thickets or to leap the mounds.

MOUND, verb transitive To fortify with a mound