Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A mound or heap chiefly made of shells of mollusks which have in former times been used for food; a shell-heap (which see).
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Examples
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A little tongue of land runs from the garden into the marsh, an elevation of the original shell-mound, covered with oaks hung with long gray moss.
Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 26, August, 1880 of Popular Literature and Science Various
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The summit of this shell-mound was levelled for the site of the house, and a terraced area of an acre or more constructed with the shells.
Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 26, August, 1880 of Popular Literature and Science Various
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When he'd cleaned up everything, I sent him off into the forest to find a dry shell-mound for camping purposes; then I made fast both boats, and Kemper and I carried ashore our paraphernalia, spare
Police!!! Henry Hutt 1899
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Grue came back saying that the shore on which we had landed was the termination of a shell-mound, and that it was the only dry place he had found.
Police!!! Henry Hutt 1899
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