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Look up: dun

  1. dun
    [adj] - of a dull grayish brown to brownish gray color 2. [n] - a color varying around light grayish brown 3. [n] - horse of a dull brownish gray color 4. [v] - persistently ask for overdue payment 5. [v] - cure by salting 6. [v] - make a dun color
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. DUN
    Dial-Up Networking [Microsoft]
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contrib

  3. dun
    In archaeology, a small fortified enclosure. These circular defences have walls up to 5 m/16 ft thick and easily protected doorways. Like Scottish brochs (stone towers), they may incorporate...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688

  4. Dun
    A simple fortified settlement, usually defended by large drystone ramparts. They are only known in Scotland and Ireland.
    Found on http://www.keystothepast.info/durhamcc/k

  5. Dun
    Gaelic and earlier celtic for fort. Usually applied to small, round late Iron-Age/Roman Period hill top fortifications.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20935

  6. Dun
    Dun noun [ See Dune .] A mound or small hill.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/D/130

  7. Dun
    Dun transitive verb 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.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/D/131

  8. Dun
    Dun (dŭn) transitive verb & i. [ imperfect & past participle Dunned (dŭnd); present participle & verbal noun Dunning (dŭn'nĭng).] [ Anglo-Saxon dyne noise...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/D/131

  9. Dun
    Dun noun 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 .
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/D/131

  10. Dun
    Dun adjective [ Anglo-Saxon dunn , of Celtic origin; confer 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 ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/D/131

  11. dun
    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. ... Of a dark colour; of a colour partaking of a brown and black; of a dull brown colour; swarthy. 'Summer's dun cloud comes thundering up.' (Pierpon...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  12. dun
    adjective of a dull greyish brown to brownish grey color; `the dun and dreary prairie`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  13. dun
    greyish brown noun a color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color; `she wore dun`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  14. dun
    noun horse of a dull brownish grey color
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  15. dun
    verb make a dun color
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  16. dun
    verb persistently ask for overdue payment; `The grocer dunned his customers every day by telephone`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  17. 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. • (n.) A mound or small hill. • (a.) Of a dark color; of a color partaking of a brown and black; of a dull brown color; swar...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  18. Dun
    Dun is a English boy name. The meaning of the name is `Dark` Du,Duana,Dubh,Dubhain,Duff,Dun,Duwayne From Old English. The name Dun doesn`t appear In the US top 1000 most common names over de last 128 years. The name Dun seems to be unique!
    Found on http://i-am-pregnant.com/names/boys/Dun

  19. dun
    • horse of a dull brownish gray color
    • a color varying around light grayish brown

    Found on

  20. Dun
    A color of horse. Light to medium sand colored with dark skin. Usually has dark points (mane, tail and lower legs.)
    Found on http://www.georgianindex.net/horse_and_c

  21. Dun
    A yellow or gold body and leg color, often with a black or brown mane and tail, and usually with a dorsal stripe and stripes on the legs and withers
    Found on http://www.gaitedhorses.net/Articles/Hor

  22. Dun
    `Dun` (from the Brythonic Din (modern Welsh Dinas) and Gaelic Dún, meaning fort) is now used both as a generic term for a fort (mainly used to describe a sub-group of hill forts) and also for a specific variety of Atlantic roundhouse. In some areas they seem to have been buil...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dun



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