Webster's Dictionary 1828

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DULL-SIGHTED

DULL-SIGHTED, adjective Having imperfect sigh; purblind.

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DULL-WITTED

DULL-WITTED, adjective Having a dull intellect; heavy.

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DULLARD

DULLARD, adjective Doltish; stupid.DULLARD, noun A stupid person; a dot; a blockhead; a dunce.

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DULLED

DULLED, participle passive Made dull; blunted.

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DULLER

DULLER, noun That which makes dull.

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DULLING

DULLING, participle present tense Making dull.

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DULLNESS

DULLNESS, noun1. Stupidity; slowness of comprehension; weakness of intellect; indocility; as the dullness of a student.2. Want of quick perception or eager desire.3. Heaviness; ...

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DULLY

DULLY, adverb Stupidity; slowly; sluggishly; without life or spirit.

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DULY

DULY, adverb [from due.]1. Properly; fitly; in a suitable or becoming manner; as, let the subject be duly considered.2. Regularly; at the proper time; as, a man duly attended ch...

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DUMB

DUMB, adjective Dum.1. Mute; silent; not speaking.I was dumb with silence; I held my peace. Psalms 34:1.2. Destitute of the power of speech; unable to utter articulate sounds; a...

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DUMBLY

DUMBLY, adverb dumly. Mutely; silently; without words or speech.

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DUMBNESS

DUMBNESS, noun Dumness.1. Muteness; silence or holding the peace; omission of speech. This is voluntary dumbness2. In capacity to speak; inability to articulate sounds. This is ...

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DUMFOUND

DUMFOUND, verb transitive To strike dumb; to confuse. [A low word.]

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DUMMERER

DUMMERER, noun One who feigns dumbness. [Not in use.]

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DUMP

DUMP, noun [G.]1. A dull gloomy state of the mind; sadness; melancholy; sorrow; heaviness of heart.In doleful dumps.2. Absence of mind; reverie.3. A melancholy tune or air. [Thi...

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DUMPISH

DUMPISH, adjective Dull; stupid; sad; melancholy; depressed in spirits; as, he lives a dumpish life.

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DUMPISHLY

DUMPISHLY, adverb In a moping manner.

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DUMPISHNESS

DUMPISHNESS, noun A state of being dull, heavy and moping.

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DUMPLING

DUMPLING, noun [from dump.] A kind of pudding or mass of paste in cookery; usually, a cover of paste inclosing an apple and boiled, called apple-dumpling.

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DUMPY

DUMPY, adjective Short and thick.

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DUN

DUN, adjective1. Of a dark color; of a color partaking of a brown and black; of a dull brown color; swarthy.2. Dark; gloomy.In the dun air sublime.DUN, verb transitive To cure, ...

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DUN-FISH

DUN-FISH, noun Codfish cured in a particular manner. [See Dunning.]

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DUNCE

DUNCE, noun Duns. [G.] A person of weak intellects; a dullard; a dolt; a thickskull.I never knew this town without dunces of figure.

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DUNCERY

DUNCERY, noun Dullness; stupidity.

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DUNCIFY

DUNCIFY, verb transitive To make stupid in intellect. [Not used.]

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DUNDER

DUNDER, noun [Latin] Lees; dregs; a word used in Jamaica.The use of dunder in the making of run answers the purpose of yeast int he fermentation of flour.

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DUNE

DUNE, noun A hill. [See Down.]