Definition of dun

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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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Muck :: Muck (n.) Dung in a moist state; manure.
Sea Pear :: Sea pear () A pedunculated ascidian of the genus Boltonia.
Fyrdung :: Fyrdung (v. i.) The military force of the whole nation, consisting of all men able to bear arms..
Favel :: Favel (n.) A horse of a favel or dun color.
Solidungular :: Solidungular (a.) Solipedous.
Filiform :: Filiform (a.) Having the shape of a thread or filament; as, the filiform papillae of the tongue; a filiform style or peduncle. See Illust. of AntennAe..
Stercorianism :: Stercoration (n.) Manuring with dung.
Bedunged :: Bedunged (imp. & p. p.) of Bedun.
Suprabranchial :: Supra-axillary (a.) Growing above the axil; inserted above the axil, as a peduncle. See Suprafoliaceous..
Dunned :: Dunned (imp. & p. p.) of Du.
Incorrectness :: Incorrectness (n.) The quality of being incorrect; want of conformity to truth or to a standard; inaccuracy; inexactness; as incorrectness may in defect or in redundance.
Peduncular :: Peduncular (a.) Of or pertaining to a peduncle; growing from a peduncle; as, a peduncular tendril..
Stalking-horse :: Stalk-eyed (a.) Having the eyes raised on a stalk, or peduncle; -- opposed to sessile-eyed. Said especially of podophthalmous crustaceans..
Umbel :: Umbel (n.) A kind of flower cluster in which the flower stalks radiate from a common point, as in the carrot and milkweed. It is simple or compound; in the latter case, each peduncle bears another little umbel, called umbellet, or umbellule..
Toothbill :: Toothbill (n.) A peculiar fruit-eating ground pigeon (Didunculus strigiostris) native of the Samoan Islands, and noted for its resemblance, in several characteristics, to the extinct dodo. Its beak is stout and strongly hooked, and the mandible has two or three strong teeth toward the end. Its color is chocolate red. Called also toothbilled pigeon, and manu-mea..
Oxbird :: Oxbird (n.) The dunlin.
Mixen :: Mixen (n.) A compost heap; a dunghill.
Dune :: Dune (n.) A low hill of drifting sand usually formed on the coats, but often carried far inland by the prevailing winds..
Oubliette :: Oubliette (n.) A dungeon with an opening only at the top, found in some old castles and other strongholds, into which persons condemned to perpetual imprisonment, or to perish secretly, were thrust, or lured to fall..
Grains :: Grains (n.) Pigeon's dung used in tanning. See Grainer. n., 1..
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