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.
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.
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 (dŭn),
v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Dunned (dŭnd); p. pr. & vb. n. Dunning (dŭn"n&ibreve;ng).]
[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,
as a debtor,
for payment; to urge importunately.
Hath she sent so soon
to dun?
Swift.
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.
Dun (?), n. [See Dune.]
A mound or small hill.
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