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monticle|ˈmɒntɪk(ə)l|
Also 5 mo(u)ntycle.
[ad. F. monticule: see monticule.]
A small mountain or hill.
1490Caxton Eneydos i. 13 Vpon whom was so moche sonde layde, that vpon polydorus semed to be a lityl hille or montycle. Ibid. iii. 17 In whiche place there hadde be accumyled, or heped, of sonde a lytyl hylle or mountycle. 1721Bailey, Monticles, little Mountains. 1842Borrow Lavengro xxv, He stood on the top of a steep monticle. 1877W. Lytteil Landmarks ii. ii. 51 A moated hillock,..the learned-men's monticle or moated camp. |