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Dun (dŭn), n. [See Dune.] A mound or small hill.
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Dun, v. t. 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.
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Dun (dŭn), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Dunned (dŭnd); p. pr. & vb. n. Dunning (dŭnnĭng).] [AS. dyne noise, dynian to make a noise, or fr. Icel. dynr, duna, noise, thunder, duna to thunder; the same word as E. din. √74. See Din.] To ask or beset (e.g., a debtor), for payment; to urge importunately.
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Hath she sent so soon to dun? Swift.
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Dun, n.
1. One who duns; a dunner.
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To be pulled by the sleeve by some rascally dun. Arbuthnot.
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2. An urgent request or demand of payment; as, “he sent his debtor a dun”.
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Dun, a. [AS. dunn, of Celtic origin; cf. W. dwn, Ir. & Gael. donn.] Of a dark color; of a color partaking of a brown and black; of a dull brown color; swarthy.
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Summer's dun cloud comes thundering up. Pierpont.
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Chill and dun
Falls on the moor the brief November day. Keble.
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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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Dune (dūn), n. [The same word as down: cf. D. duin. See Down a bank of sand.] A low hill of drifting sand usually formed on the coats, but often carried far inland by the prevailing winds. [Written also dun.]
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Three great rivers, the Rhine, the Meuse, and the Scheldt, had deposited their slime for ages among the dunes or sand banks heaved up by the ocean around their mouths. Motley.
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