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Dun (medicine)


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." (Pierpont) "Chill and dun Falls on the moor the brief November day.

<zoology> " (Keble) Dun crow, the goosander or merganser.

Origin: AS. Dunn. Of Celtic origin; cf. W. Dwn, Ir. & Gael. Donn.

Source: Websters Dictionary