dun1
¦ adjective of a dull greyish-brown colour.
¦ noun
1. a dull greyish-brown colour.
2. a horse with a sandy coat, black mane, tail, and lower legs, and a dark dorsal stripe.
3. a subadult mayfly with drab, opaque wings, or a fishing fly imitating this.
Origin
OE
dun,
dunn, of Gmc origin; prob. related to
dusk.
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dun2
¦ verb (duns, dunning, dunned) make persistent demands on (someone) for payment of a debt.
¦ noun archaic a debt collector or an insistent creditor.
Origin
C17 (asnoun): perh. from obs. Dunkirk privateer (with connotations of piratical demands), or from the name of a Joe Dun, a well-known bailiff.
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dun3
¦ noun Archaeology (often in place names) a stone-built fortified settlement in Scotland or Ireland, of a kind built from the late Iron Age to the early Middle Ages.
Origin
C18: from Ir. dun, Sc. Gaelic dun 'hill or hill fort'.