Part 3533

<hw>Dun"der*head`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Prov. Eng. also <ets>dunderpoll</ets>, from <ets>dunder</ets>, same as <ets>thunder</ets>.]</ety> <def>A dunce; a numskull; a blockhead.</def>

<i>Beau. & Fl.</i>

<h1>Dunder-headed</h1> <Xpage=461>

<hw>Dun"der-head`ed</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Thick-headed; stupid.</def>

<h1>Dunderpate</h1> <Xpage=461>

<hw>Dun"der*pate`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Dunderhead</er>.</def>

<h1>Dune</h1> <Xpage=461>

<hw>Dune</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[The same word as <ets>down</ets>: cf. D. <ets>duin</ets>. See <er>Down</er> a bank of sand.]</ety> <def>A low hill of drifting sand usually formed on the coats, but often carried far inland by the prevailing winds.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>dun</asp>.]</altsp>

<blockquote>Three great rivers, the Rhine, the Meuse, and the Scheldt, had deposited their slime for ages among the <b>dunes</b> or sand banks heaved up by the ocean around their mouths. <i>Motley.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Dunfish</h1> <Xpage=461>

<hw>Dun"fish</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Codfish cured in a particular manner, so as to be of a superior quality.</def>

<h1>Dung</h1> <Xpage=461>

<hw>Dung</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>dung</ets>; akin to G. <ets>dung</ets>, <ets>d\'81nger</ets>, OHG. <ets>tunga</ets>, Sw. <ets>dynga</ets>; cf. Icel. <ets>dyngja</ets> heap, Dan. <ets>dynge</ets>, MHG. <ets>tunc</ets> underground dwelling place, orig., covered with dung. Cf. <er>Dingy</er>.]</ety> <def>The excrement of an animal.</def>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<h1>Dung</h1> <Xpage=461>

<hw>Dung</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Dunged</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Dunging</er>.]</wordforms>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To manure with dung.</def>

<i>Dryden.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Calico Print.)</fld> <def>To immerse or steep, as calico, in a bath of hot water containing cow dung; -- done to remove the superfluous mordant.</def>

<h1>Dung</h1> <Xpage=461>

<hw>Dung</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To void excrement.</def>

<i>Swift.</i>

<h1>Dungaree</h1> <Xpage=461>

<hw>Dun`ga*ree"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A coarse kind of unbleached cotton stuff.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>dungari</asp>.]</altsp> <mark>[India]</mark>

<h1>Dungeon</h1> <Xpage=461>

<hw>Dun"geon</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>donjoun</ets> highest tower of a castle, tower, prison, F. <ets>donjon</ets> tower or platform in the midst of a castle, turret, or closet on the top of a house, a keep of a castle, LL. <ets>domnio</ets>, the same word as LL. <ets>dominus</ets> lord. See <er>Dame</er>, <er>Don</er>, and cf. <er>Dominion</er>, <er>Domain</er>, <er>Demesne</er>, <er>Danger</er>, <er>Donjon</er>.]</ety> <def>A close, dark prison, common<?/, under ground, as if the lower apartments of the <i>donjon</i> or keep of a castle, these being used as prisons.</def>

<blockquote>Down with him even into the deep <b>dungeon</b>. <i> Tyndale.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Year after year he lay patiently in a <b>dungeon</b>. <i> Macaulay.</i></blockquote>