Dun

[dʌn]

Definition

(noun.) horse of a dull brownish grey color.

(noun.) a color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color; 'she wore dun'.

(verb.) make a dun color.

(verb.) cure by salting; 'dun codfish'.

(verb.) persistently ask for overdue payment; 'The grocer dunned his customers every day by telephone'.

(adj.) of a dull greyish brown to brownish grey color; 'the dun and dreary prairie' .

Edited by Diana--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) A mound or small hill.

(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.

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

(n.) One who duns; a dunner.

(n.) An urgent request or demand of payment; as, he sent his debtor a dun.

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

Checker: Vivian

Synonyms and Synonymous

a. Dull brown.

v. a. Press (for a debt), importune, urge.

n. [1]. Importunate creditor.[2]. Dunning letter.

Inputed by Kurt

Definition

adj. of a dark colour partly brown and black: dark.—v.t. (U.S.) to cure and brown as cod.—v.i. to become dun-coloured.—ns. Dun′-bird the pochard; Dun′-cow the shagreen ray; Dun′-dīv′er the merganser; Dun′-fish codfish cured by dunning.—adj. Dun′nish somewhat dun.

n. a hill: a fortified mound.

v.t. to demand a debt with din or noise: to urge for payment:—pr.p. dun′ning; pa.p. dunned.—n. one who duns: a demand for payment.

Typist: Lolita