DUNNED

DUN

dun

(verb) make a dun color

dun

(verb) cure by salting; “dun codfish”

dun

(verb) persistently ask for overdue payment; “The grocer dunned his customers every day by telephone”

torment, rag, bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate

(verb) treat cruelly; “The children tormented the stuttering teacher”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Verb

dunned

simple past tense and past participle of dun

Source: Wiktionary

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DUN

Dun, n. Etym: [See Dune.]

Definition: A mound or small hill.

Dun, v. t.

Definition: 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.

Dun, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Dunned; p. pr. & vb. n. Dunning.] Etym: [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: To ask or beset, as a debtor, for payment; to urge importunately. Hath she sent so soon to dun Swift.

Dun, n.

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.

Dun, a. Etym: [AS. dunn. of Celtic origin; cf. W. dwn, Ir. & Gael. donn.]

Definition: 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 (Zoöl.), the hooded crow; -- so called from its color; -- also called hoody, and hoddy.

– Dun diver (Zoöl.), the goosander or merganser.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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