2. Any mean situation or condition; a vile abode. He . . . lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill. 1. Sam. ii. 8. Dunghill fowl, a domestic fowl of common breed.
DUNGMEER
Dung"meer`, n. Etym: [Dung + (prob.) meer a pool.]
Defn: A pit where dung and weeds rot for manure.
DUNGY
Dung"y, a.
Defn: Full of dung; filthy; vile; low. Shak.
DUNGYARD
Dung"yard`, n.
Defn: A yard where dung is collected.
DUNKER
Dun"ker, n. Etym: [G. tunken to dip.]
Defn: One of a religious denomination whose tenets and practices are mainly those of the Baptists, but partly those of the Quakers; — called also Tunkers, Dunkards, Dippers, and, by themselves, Brethren, and German Baptists.
Note: The denomination was founded in Germany in 1708, but after a few years the members emigrated to the United States. Seventh-day Dunkers, a sect which separated from the Dunkers and formed a community, in 1728. They keep the seventh day or Saturday as the Sabbath.