Dumfound
Dum″found′ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Dumfounded; p. pr. & vb. n.Dumfounding.] To strike dumb; to confuse with astonishment. [Written also dumbfound.] Spectator.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Dumfounder
Dum″found′er (?), v. t. To dumfound; to confound. [Written also dumbfounder.]
Dummador
Dum″ma‐dor′ (?), n. A dumbledor.
Dummerer
Dum″mer‐er (?), n. One who feigns dumbness. Burton.
Dummy
Dum″my (?), a. [See Dumb.] 1. Silent; mute; noiseless; as a dummy engine.2. Fictitious or sham; feigned; as, a dummy watch.Dummy car. See under Car.
Dummy (2)
Dum″my, n.; pl.Dummies (�). 1. One who is dumb. H. Smith.2. A sham package in a shop, or one which does not contain what its exterior indicates.3. An imitation or copy of someth...
Dumose
{ Du′mose″ (?), Du″mous (?), } a. [L. dumosus, fr. dumus a thornbush, a bramble.] 1. Abounding with bushes and briers.2. (Bot.) Having a compact, bushy form.
Dump
Dump (?), n. [See Dumpling.] A thick, ill-shapen piece; a clumsy leaden counter used by boys in playing chuck farthing. Smart.
Dump (2)
Dump, n. [Cf. dial. Sw. dumpin melancholy, Dan. dump dull, low, D. dompig damp, G. dumpf damp, dull, gloomy, and E. damp, or rather perh. dump, v. t. Cf. Damp, or Dump, v. t.] 1...
Dump (3)
Dump (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Dumped (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Dumping.] [OE. dumpen to throw down, fall down, cf. Icel. dumpa to thump, Dan. dumpe to fall suddenly, rush, dial. Sw. di...
Dump (4)
Dump, n. 1. A car or boat for dumping refuse, etc.2. A ground or place for dumping ashes, refuse, etc.3. That which is dumped.4. (Mining) A pile of ore or rock.
Dumpage
Dump″age (?), n. 1. The act of dumping loads from carts, especially loads of refuse matter; also, a heap of dumped matter.2. A fee paid for the privilege of dumping loads.
Dumpiness
Dump″i‐ness (?), n. The state of being dumpy.
Dumpish
Dump″ish, a. Dull; stupid; sad; moping; melancholy. “ A... dumpish and sour life.” Lord Herbert.— Dump″ish‐ly, adv. — Dump″ish‐ness, n.
Dumple
Dum″ple (?), v. t. [See Dumpling.] To make dumpy; to fold, or bend, as one part over another.He was a little man, dumpled up together. Sir W. Scott.
Dumpling
Dump″ling (?), n. [Dimin. of dump an illshapen piece; cf. D. dompelen to plunge, dip, duck, Scot. to dump in to plunge into, and E. dump, v. t.] A roundish mass of dough boiled ...
Dumpy
Dump″y (?), a. [Compar.Dumpier (?); superl.Dumpiest.] [1. From Dump a short ill-shapen piece. 2. From Dump sadness.] 1. Short and thick; of low stature and disproportionately st...
Dumpy level
Dump″y lev″el. (Surv.) A level having a short telescope (hence its name) rigidly fixed to a table capable only of rotatory movement in a horizontal plane. The telescope is usual...
Dun
Dun (?), n. [See Dune.] A mound or small hill.
Dun (2)
Dun, 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.
Dun (3)
Dun (dŭn), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p.Dunned (dŭnd); p. pr. & vb. n.Dunning (dŭn″nĭng).] [AS. dyne noise, dynian to make a noise, or fr. Icel. dynr, duna, noise, thunder, duna to t...
Dun (4)
Dun, n. 1. One who duns; a dunner.To be pulled by the sleeve by some rascally dun. Arbuthnot.2. An urgent request or demand of payment; as, he sent his debtor a dun.
Dun (5)
Dun, a. [AS. dunn, of Celtic origin; cf. W. dwn, Ir. & Gael. donn.] Of a dark color; of a color partaking of a brown and black; of a dull brown color; swarthy.Summer's dun cloud...
Dunbird
Dun″bird′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) (a) The pochard; — called also dunair, and dunker, or dun-curre. (b) An American duck; the ruddy duck.
Dunce
Dunce (?), n. [From Joannes Duns Scotus, a schoolman called the Subtle Doctor, who died in 1308. Originally in the phrase “a Duns man”. See Note below.] One backward in book lea...
Duncedom
Dunce″dom (?), n. The realm or domain of dunces. Carlyle.
Duncery
Dun″cer‐y (?), n. Dullness; stupidity.