Part 3531

<h1>Dumpiness</h1> <Xpage=461>

<hw>Dump"i*ness</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state of being dumpy.</def>

<h1>Dumpish</h1> <Xpage=461>

<hw>Dump"ish</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Dull; stupid; sad; moping; melancholy.</def> " A . . . <i>dumpish</i> and sour life."

<i>Lord Herbert.</i>

-- <wordforms><wf>Dump"ish*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Dump"ish*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Dumple</h1> <Xpage=461>

<hw>Dum"ple</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Dumpling</er>.]</ety> <def>To make dumpy; to fold, or bend, as one part over another.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>He was a little man, <b>dumpled</b> up together. <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Dumpling</h1> <Xpage=461>

<hw>Dump"ling</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Dimin. of <ets>dump</ets> an illshapen piece; cf. D. <ets>dompelen</ets> to plunge, dip, duck, Scot. to <ets>dump in</ets> to plunge into, and E. <ets>dump</ets>, v. t.]</ety> <def>A roundish mass of dough boiled in soup, or as a sort of pudding; often, a cover of paste inclosing an apple or other fruit, and boiled or baked; <as>as, an apple <ex>dumpling</ex></as>.</def>

<h1>Dumpy</h1> <Xpage=461>

<hw>Dump"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>Compar.</tt> <er>Dumpier</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>superl.</tt> <er>Dumpiest</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[<p><b>1.</b> From <er>Dump</er> a short ill-shapen piece. <p><b>2.</b> From <er>Dump</er> sadness.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Short and thick; of low stature and disproportionately stout.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Sullen or discontented.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<i>Halliwell.</i>

<h1>Dun</h1> <Xpage=461>

<hw>Dun</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Dune</er>.]</ety> <def>A mound or small hill.</def>

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<hw>Dun</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>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.</def>

<h1>Dun</h1> <Xpage=461>

<hw>Dun</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t. & i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Dunned</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Dunning</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[AS. <ets>dyne</ets> noise, <ets>dynian</ets> to make a noise, or fr. Icel. <ets>dynr</ets>, <ets>duna</ets>, noise, thunder, <ets>duna</ets> to thunder; the same word as E. <ets>din</ets>. <?/<?/<?/. See <er>Din</er>.]</ety> <def>To ask or beset, as a debtor, for payment; to urge importunately.</def>

<blockquote>Hath she sent so soon to <b>dun</b>? <i>Swift.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Dun</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who duns; a dunner.</def>

<blockquote>To be pulled by the sleeve by some rascally <b>dun</b>. <i>Arbuthnot.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>An urgent request or demand of payment; <as>as, he sent his debtor a <ex>dun</ex></as>.</def>

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