dun

[ UK /dˈʌn/ ]
[ US /ˈdən/ ]
VERB
  1. cure by salting
    dun codfish
  2. make a dun color
  3. persistently ask for overdue payment
    The grocer dunned his customers every day by telephone
  4. treat cruelly
    The children tormented the stuttering teacher
NOUN
  1. horse of a dull brownish grey color
  2. a color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color
    she wore dun
ADJECTIVE
  1. of a dull greyish brown to brownish grey color
    the dun and dreary prairie
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  • Their dried dung is found everywhere, and is in many places the only fuel afforded by the plains; their skulls, which last longer than any other part of the animal, are among the most familiar of objects to the plainsman; their bones are in many districts so plentiful that it has become a regular industry, followed by hundreds of men (christened "bone hunters" by the frontiersmen), to go out with wagons and collect them in great numbers for the sake of the phosphates they yield; and Bad Lands, plateaus, and prairies alike, are cut up in all directions by the deep ruts which were formerly buffalo trails. VIII. The Lordly Buffalo
  • We carried spare water for the rad, a hand pump just in case the Dunlop pressure dropped, and maybe even a canister of petrol.
  • There are a few plotlines and characters - Sophie's mother in particular - that are somewhat redundant and unnecessary.
  • On arriving in Britain she found herself to be a virtual slave to Dunlop, who exhibited her to curious Europeans who were eager to view Baartman's steatopygous buttocks and genitalia. ANC Daily News Briefing
  • Titan's dunes bend around hills and upland plateaus, revealing how Titan's wind interacts with the topography.
  • But after three consecutive nights of camping out I'd had enough, especially since the last had been spent near Verdun in Le Foret du Mort Homme, which translates as Dead Man's Forest.
  • External warts can appear as small bumps, or they may be flat, verrucous, or pedunculated.
  • Actually, I was thinking of M&P on top of the CP, as a cover for the paper, but since the water in CP would make it wet to pour on top of the paper, dunno. Microsoft Soap - Set Up
  • Ten years ago he was a Dundee University drop out whose career encompassed labouring, recruitment consultancy and a rock band.
  • Dunstan: Dunstan: “What happens if the program administrator refuses to certify that the defendant “completed” the program on the grounds that the defendant refused to agree with certain teachings?” The Volokh Conspiracy » Stringent Constitutional Limits on Anger Management Classes, Anti-Drug/Alcohol-Abuse Classes, or Even Traffic School as Alternatives to Prosecution?
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