Dun — Defs

01 n. A mound or small hill.

02 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…

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.

03 v. t. & i. To ask or beset (e.g., a debtor), for payment; to urge importunately.

imp. & p. p. Dunned; p. pr. & vb. n. Dunning

1.
To ask or beset (e.g., a debtor), for payment; to urge importunately.
“Hath she sent so soon to dun?” — Swift.

04 n. One who duns; a dunner.

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.

05 a. Of a dark color; of a color partaking of a brown and black; of a dull brown color; swarthy.

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.

“Chill and dun Falls on the moor the brief November day.” — Keble.

Phrases & compounds

Dun crow — the hooded crow; -- so called from its color; -- also called hoody, and hoddy.

Dun diver — the goosander or merganser.