4. To deprive of liveliness or activity; to render heavy; to make inert; to depress; to weary; to sadden.
Attention of mind . . . wasted or dulled through continuance.
Hooker.
Dull, v. i. To become dull or stupid. Rom. of R.
Dull"ard (?), n. [Dull + - ard.] A stupid person; a dunce. Shak. -- a. Stupid. Bp. Hall.
Dull"-brained` (?), a. Stupid; doltish. Shak.
Dull"-browed` (?), a. Having a gloomy look.
Dull"er (?), n. One who, or that which, dulls.
Dull"-eyed` (?), a. Having eyes wanting brightness, liveliness, or vivacity. Shak.
Dull"head` (?), n. A blockhead; a dolt. Ascham.
Dull"ish, a. Somewhat dull; uninteresting; tiresome. "A series of dullish verses." Prof. Wilson.
Dull"ness, n. The state of being dull; slowness; stupidity; heaviness; drowsiness; bluntness; obtuseness; dimness; want of luster; want of vividness, or of brightness. [Written also dulness.]
And gentle dullness ever loves a joke.
Pope.
Dull"-sight`ed (?), a. Having poor eyesight.
Dull"some (?), a. Dull. [R.] Gataker.
Dull"-wit`ted (?), a. Stupid.
Dul"ly (?), adv. In a dull manner; stupidly; slowly; sluggishly; without life or spirit.
Supinely calm and dully innocent.
G. Lyttelton.
Du*loc"ra*cy (?), n. See Doulocracy.
Dulse (dls), n. [Cf. Gael. duileasg; duille leaf + uisge water. Cf. Whisky.] (Bot.) A seaweed of a reddish brown color, which is sometimes eaten, as in Scotland. The true dulse is Sarcophyllis edulis; the common is Rhodymenia. [Written also dillisk.]
The crimson leaf of the dulse is seen
To blush like a banner bathed in slaughter.
Percival.