Pronunciation : Dun
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [See Dune.]
Definition : Defn: A mound or small hill.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Dun
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To cure, as codfish, in a particular manner, by laying them, after salting, in a pile in a dark place, covered with salt grass or some like substance.
t.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Dun
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [AS. dyne noise, dynian to make a noise, or fr. Icel. dynr, duna, noise, thunder, duna to thunder; the same word as E. din. Din.]
Definition : Defn: To ask or beset, as a debtor, for payment; to urge importunately. Hath she sent so soon to dun Swift.
t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Dunned; p. pr. & vb. n. Dunning.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Dun
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 1. One who duns; a dunner. To be pulled by the sleeve by some rascally dun. Arbuthnot.
2. An urgent request or demand of payment; as, he sent his debtor a dun.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Dun
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [AS. dunn. of Celtic origin; cf. W. dwn, Ir. & Gael. donn.]
Definition : Defn: Of a dark color; of a color partaking of a brown and black; of a dull brown color; swarthy. Summer's dun cloud comes thundering up. Pierpont. Chill and dun Falls on the moor the brief November day. Keble. Dun crow (Zo?l.), the hooded crow; -- so called from its color; -- also called hoody, and hoddy. -- Dun diver (Zo?l.), the goosander or merganser.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913