Part 3527

<h1>Dullsome</h1> <Xpage=460>

<hw>Dull"some</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Dull.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Gataker.</i>

<h1>Dull-witted</h1> <Xpage=460>

<hw>Dull"-wit`ted</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Stupid.</def>

<h1>Dully</h1> <Xpage=460>

<hw>Dul"ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a dull manner; stupidly; slowly; sluggishly; without life or spirit.</def>

<blockquote>Supinely calm and <b>dully</b> innocent. <i> G. Lyttelton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Dulocracy</h1> <Xpage=460>

<hw>Du*loc"ra*cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Doulocracy</er>.</def>

<h1>Dulse</h1> <Xpage=460>

<hw>Dulse</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. Gael. <ets>duileasg</ets>; <ets>duille</ets> leaf + <ets>uisge</ets> water. Cf. <er>Whisky</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A seaweed of a reddish brown color, which is sometimes eaten, as in Scotland. The true dulse is <spn>Sarcophyllis edulis</spn>; the common is <spn>Rhodymenia</spn>. <altsp>[Written also <asp>dillisk.</asp>]</altsp></def>

<blockquote>The crimson leaf of the <b>dulse</b> is seen To blush like a banner bathed in slaughter. <i>Percival.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Dulwilly</h1> <Xpage=460>

<hw>Dul"wil*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Prob. imitative.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The ring plover.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<h1>Duly</h1> <Xpage=460>

<hw>Du"ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a due, fit, or becoming manner; as it (anything) ought to be; properly; regularly.</def>

<h1>Dumal</h1> <Xpage=460>

<hw>Du"mal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>dumus</ets> bramble.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to, or set with, briers or bushes; brambly.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Dumb</h1> <Xpage=460>

<hw>Dumb</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>dumb</ets>; akin to D. <ets>dom</ets> stupid, dumb, Sw. <ets>dumb</ets>, Goth. <ets>dumbs</ets>; cf. Gr. <?/ blind. See <er>Deaf</er>, and cf. <er>Dummy</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Destitute of the power of speech; unable; to utter articulate sounds; <as>as, the <ex>dumb</ex> brutes</as>.</def>

<blockquote>To unloose the very tongues even of <b>dumb</b> creatures. <i>Hooker.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Not willing to speak; mute; silent; not speaking; not accompanied by words; <as>as, <ex>dumb</ex> show</as>.</def>

<blockquote>This spirit, <b>dumb</b> to us, will speak to him. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>To pierce into the <b>dumb</b> past. <i> J. C. Shairp.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Lacking brightness or clearness, as a color.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>Her stern was painted of a <b>dumb</b> white or dun color. <i>De Foe.</i></blockquote>