Tu"mu*lus (?), n.; pl. Tumuli (#). [L., a mound, a sepulchral mound, probably from tumere to swell. Cf. Tumid.]

An artificial hillock, especially one raised over a grave, particularly over the graves of persons buried in ancient times; a barrow.

 

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