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  1. 1. n. A mound or small hill. Source: opted
  2. 2. 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. Source: opted
  3. 3. v. t. & i. To ask or beset, as a debtor, for payment; to urge importunately. Source: opted
  4. 4. n. One who duns; a dunner. Source: opted
  5. 5. n. An urgent request or demand of payment; as, he sent his debtor a dun. Source: opted
  6. 6. a. Of a dark color; of a color partaking of a brown and black; of a dull brown color; swarthy. Source: opted
  7. 7. adj. of a dull greyish brown to brownish grey color Source: wordnet
  8. 8. n. horse of a dull brownish grey color Source: wordnet
  9. 9. n. a color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color Source: wordnet
  10. 10. v. treat cruelly Source: wordnet
  11. 11. v. persistently ask for overdue payment Source: wordnet
  12. 12. v. cure by salting Source: wordnet

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