Definition of Dun

Pronunciation: dŭn
n.1.A mound or small hill.
v. t.1.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.
v. t. & i.1.To ask or beset (e.g., a debtor), for payment; to urge importunately.
[imp. & p. p. Dunned (dŭnd); p. pr. & vb. n. Dunning (dŭn"nĭng).]
Hath she sent so soon to dun?
- Swift.
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.
a.1.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.
Dun crow
(Zool.) the hooded crow; - so called from its color; - also called hoody, and hoddy.
Dun diver
(Zool.) the goosander or merganser.


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