Dun1. (v.) To demand payment from a debtor; to urge importunately.
2. (n.) A mound or small hill.
3. (v. t.) 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.
4. (n.) One who duns; a dunner.
5. (n.) An urgent request or demand of payment; as, he sent his debtor a dun.
6. (a.) of a dark color; of a color partaking of a brown and black; of a dull brown color; swarthy.
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