Of all he had received from Lady Bellaston, not above five guineas remained and that very morning he had been dunned by a tradesman for twice that sum.
A fortified Iron Age dwelling comprising a solid dry-stone wall with a door and enclosing an area containing houses or tents There may be have been a timber or thatch roof Typically, they were circular or oval in plan, with an internal diameter of around 60 ft A galleried dun had thicker walls which contained stairs, giving access to the roof, and to rooms and galleries within the walls, much like a broch Some archaeologists use the term semi-broch A promontory dun was built across the neck of a coastal or inland promontory of land Note that several Scottish monuments which are called duns - Dun Carloway, Dun Troddan and Dun Telve - are in fact brochs Some were in use until the mediæval period See Blockhouse, Wheelhouse
This is a standard color of a horse Light to medium sand colored with dark skin The horse will have dark points (mane, tail, and lower legs )
Color pattern found frequently among mustangs, usually marked by dorsal stripe, black points, and sometimes zebra stripes on lower legs Basic colors vary from Buckskin (yellow or tan); Grulla (bluish gray); to red
signifies a fortress or fortified place, usually on a hill Originally it meant a heap, mound or hill, and the use of these places as fortresses led to its present meaning
horse of a dull brownish gray color a color varying around light grayish brown; "she wore a dun raincoat" make a dun color cure by salting; "dun codfish" persistently ask for overdue payment; "The grocer dunned his customers every day by telephone" of a dull grayish brown to brownish gray color; "the dun and dreary prairie" Insensible; unfeeling
Of a dark color; of a color partaking of a brown and black; of a dull brown color; swarthy
Dial-up Networking A part of the Windows 95/98 operating system used for initializing communications between modems and establishing new connections to remote dial-up services
Furnishing little delight, spirit, or variety; uninteresting; tedious; cheerless; gloomy; melancholy; depressing; as, a dull story or sermon; a dull occupation or period; hence, cloudy; overcast; as, a dull day
A remote network that can be accessed via a telephone number Also provides modular support for multiple dial-up providers with support for a variety of different protocols
Not bright or clear to the eye; wanting in liveliness of color or luster; not vivid; obscure; dim; as, a dull fire or lamp; a dull red or yellow; a dull mirror