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dun
(adjective) of a dull greyish brown to brownish grey color; “the dun and dreary prairie”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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