Part 3534

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

<hw>Dun"geon</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To shut up in a dungeon.</def>

<i>Bp. Hall.</i>

<h1>Dungfork</h1> <Xpage=461>

<hw>Dung"fork`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A fork for tossing dung.</def>

<h1>Dunghill</h1> <Xpage=461>

<hw>Dung"hill`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A heap of dung.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Any mean situation or condition; a vile abode.</def>

<blockquote>He . . . lifteth up the beggar from the <b>dunghill</b>. <i> 1. Sam. ii. 8.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Dunghill fowl</col>, <cd>a domestic fowl of common breed.</cd></cs>

<h1>Dungmeer</h1> <Xpage=461>

<hw>Dung"meer`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Dung</ets> + (prob.) <ets>meer</ets> a pool.]</ety> <def>A pit where dung and weeds rot for manure.</def>

<h1>Dungy</h1> <Xpage=461>

<hw>Dung"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Full of dung; filthy; vile; low.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Dungyard</h1> <Xpage=461>

<hw>Dung"yard`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A yard where dung is collected.</def>

<h1>Dunker</h1> <Xpage=461>

<hw>Dun"ker</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[G. <ets>tunken</ets> to dip.]</ety> <def>One of a religious denomination whose tenets and practices are mainly those of the Baptists, but partly those of the Quakers; -- called also <altname>Tunkers</altname>, <altname>Dunkards</altname>, <altname>Dippers</altname>, and, by themselves, <altname>Brethren</altname>, and <altname>German Baptists</altname>.</def>

<note>&hand; The denomination was founded in Germany in 1708, but after a few years the members emigrated to the United States.</note>

<cs><col>Seventh-day Dunkers</col>, <cd>a sect which separated from the Dunkers and formed a community, in 1728. They keep the seventh day or Saturday as the Sabbath.</cd></cs>

<h1>Dunlin</h1> <Xpage=461>

<hw>Dun"lin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Prob. of Celtic origin; cf. Gael. <ets>dun</ets> hill (E. <ets>dune</ets>), and <ets>linne</ets> pool, pond, lake, E. <ets>lin</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A species of sandpiper (<spn>Tringa alpina</spn>); -- called also <altname>churr</altname>, <altname>dorbie</altname>, <altname>grass bird</altname>, and <altname>red-backed sandpiper</altname>. It is found both in Europe and America.</def>

<h1>Dunnage</h1> <Xpage=461>

<hw>Dun"nage</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Dun</er> a mound.]</ety> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>Fagots, boughs, or loose materials of any kind, laid on the bottom of the hold for the cargo to rest upon to prevent injury by water, or stowed among casks and other cargo to prevent their motion.</def>

<h1>Dunner</h1> <Xpage=461>

<hw>Dun"ner</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Dun</er> to ask payment from.]</ety> <def>One employed in soliciting the payment of debts.</def>