From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Dun \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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Dun \Dun\ (d[u^]n), n. [See Dune.]
A mound or small hill.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Dun \Dun\ (d[u^]n), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Dunned (d[u^]nd);
p. pr. & vb. n. Dunning (d[u^]n"n[i^]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. [root]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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Dune \Dune\ (d[=u]n), 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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
colorful \colorful\ adj.
1. having striking color. Opposite of colorless.
Note: [Narrower terms: changeable, chatoyant, iridescent,
shot; deep, rich; flaming; fluorescent, glowing;
prismatic; psychedelic; red, ruddy, flushed,
empurpled]
Syn: colourful.
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2. striking in variety and interest. Opposite of colorless
or dull. [Narrower terms: brave, fine, gay, glorious;
flamboyant, resplendent, unrestrained; flashy, gaudy,
jazzy, showy, snazzy, sporty; picturesque]
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3. having color or a certain color; not black, white or grey;
as, colored crepe paper. Opposite of colorless and
monochrome.
Note: [Narrower terms: tinted; touched, tinged; amber,
brownish-yellow, yellow-brown; amethyst; auburn,
reddish-brown; aureate, gilded, gilt, gold, golden;
azure, cerulean, sky-blue, bright blue; bicolor,
bicolour, bicolored, bicoloured, bichrome; blue,
bluish, light-blue, dark-blue; blushful,
blush-colored, rosy; bottle-green; bronze, bronzy;
brown, brownish, dark-brown; buff; canary,
canary-yellow; caramel, caramel brown; carnation;
chartreuse; chestnut; dun; earth-colored,
earthlike; fuscous; green, greenish, light-green,
dark-green; jade, jade-green; khaki; lavender,
lilac; mauve; moss green, mosstone; motley,
multicolor, culticolour, multicolored, multicoloured,
painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied,
varicolored, varicoloured; mousy, mouse-colored;
ocher, ochre; olive-brown; olive-drab; olive;
orange, orangish; peacock-blue; pink, pinkish;
purple, violet, purplish; red, blood-red, carmine,
cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, ruby, ruby-red,
scarlet; red, reddish; rose, roseate; rose-red;
rust, rusty, rust-colored; snuff, snuff-brown,
snuff-color, snuff-colour, snuff-colored,
snuff-coloured, mummy-brown, chukker-brown; sorrel,
brownish-orange; stone, stone-gray; straw-color,
straw-colored, straw-coloured; tan; tangerine;
tawny; ultramarine; umber; vermilion,
vermillion, cinibar, Chinese-red; yellow, yellowish;
yellow-green; avocado; bay; beige; blae
bluish-black or gray-blue); coral; creamy; cress
green, cresson, watercress; hazel; honey,
honey-colored; hued(postnominal); magenta;
maroon; pea-green; russet; sage, sage-green;
sea-green] [Also See: chromatic, colored, dark,
light.]
Syn: colored, coloured, in color(predicate).
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