Webster's English Dictionary

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mound

1. mound \'mau.nd\ vt [origin unknown] archaic  1: to enclose or fortify 
   with a fence or a ridge of earth  2: to form into a mound 
2. mound n [origin unknown] often attrib  archaic  1: HEDGE, FENCE  2a1: an 
   artificial bank or hill of earth or stones  2a2: the slightly elevated 
   ground on which the pitcher stands in baseball  2b: KNOLL, HILL  3: HEAP, 
   PILE