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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Dun, Dune, a. Also: dwn(e, done, doune, downe. [ME. dun(ne, dune, OE. dunn-, dun. See also Din a.] Dun, dull brown. (Said esp. of animals or cloth.)(1) c1420 Wynt. iv. 729.
Thare morel, bayard, dun and gray, Wyth wowndys flyngand ran away 1508 Treas. Acc. IV. 123.
To ane man … brocht ane dwn hors … to the King 1513 Doug. xii. Prol. 181.
The ȝong fownys followand the dun days a1550 Tayis B. 39.
The dvn deir dansit with a dyn 1563 Prot. Bk. J. Drummond 30.
ix oxin … , ane grene hornit … ane dwne hackit a1578 Pitsc. I. 272/13.
They … horssed the king … on ane dune haiknay 1586 Edinb. Test. XV. 283.
Ane dvn cruikit meir, price thairof iiij merkis 1616 Colquhoun Chart. 392.
Ane dwn hors, and broune cullorit meir 1623 Edinb. Test. LII. 117.
Ane dune foilie of ane ȝeir ald(2) 1497 Treas. Acc. I. 365.
For ane done basand skyn, to be halk hudis to the King 1513 Doug. viii. ix. 26.
A dun lyonys skyn with nalys of gold(3) 1483 Acta Aud. *112/1.
A doublat of dvn satyn new, price v li. 1488 Acta Conc. 98/1.
To pref the avale of a silkin dun tuscha of siluer 1491 Treas. Acc. I. 188.
For ij elne … of quhyt fustiane to floyt a dowblat of dwn sattin 1525 Misc. Bann. C. III. 108.
My doublet of doune cramesse c 1555 Crail Ch. Reg. 64.
Ane stand of downe silk a 1568 Sat. P. xlviii. ii.
Off cullouris cleir … Ar sindry sortis … , Grene, ȝellow, blew, … Dun dippit in ȝello 1568 Edinb. Test. I. 169.
Ane doublat of dwn satyne(4) 1513 Doug. v. vii. 20.
He … Al flat hym speldyt on the dun sand 1570 Sat. P. xv. 5.
Ȝe greinis, grow gray; ȝe gowanis, dune