Dun (?), n. [See Dune.] A mound or small hill.
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 (dn), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Dunned (dnd); p. pr. & vb. n. Dunning (dn"nng).] [AS. dyne noise, dynian to make a noise, or fr. Icel. dynr, duna, noise, thunder, duna to thunder; the same word as E. din. √74. See Din.] To ask or beset, as a debtor, for payment; to urge importunately.
Hath she sent so soon to dun?
Swift.
Dun, n. 1. One who duns; a dunner.
To be pulled by the sleeve by some rascally dun.
Arbuthnot.