Hypertext Webster Gateway: "dun"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Dun \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} (Zo["o]l.), the hooded crow; -- so called from its
color; -- also called {hoody}, and {hoddy}.
{Dun diver} (Zo["o]l.), the goosander or merganser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Dun \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Dun \Dun\, n. [See {Dune}.]
A mound or small hill.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Dun \Dun\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Dunned}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Dunning}.] [AS. dyne noise, dynian to make a noise, or fr.
Icel. dynr, duna, noise, thunder, duna to thunder; the same
word as E. din. ???. See {Din}.]
To ask or beset, as a debtor, for payment; to urge
importunately.
Hath she sent so soon to dun? --Swift.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Dun \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Dune \Dune\, 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}.]
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
dun
adj : of a dull grayish brown to brownish gray color; "the dun and
dreary prairie"
n 1: horse of a dull brownish gray color
2: a color varying around light grayish brown; "she wore a dun
raincoat" [syn: {grayish brown}, {greyish brown}, {fawn}]
v 1: annoy constantly [syn: {torment}, {rag}, {bedevil}, {crucify},
{frustrate}]
2: persistently ask for overdue payment; "The grocer dunned his
customers every day by telephone"
3: cure by salting; "dun codfish"
4: make a dun color
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