dun

(noun) horse of a dull brownish grey color.

(noun) a color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color. Synonyms: greyish brown, grayish brown, fawn. Examples: "She wore dun."

(verb) treat cruelly. Synonyms: torment, rag, bedevil, crucify, frustrate. Examples: "The children tormented the stuttering teacher."

(verb) persistently ask for overdue payment. Examples: "The grocer dunned his customers every day by telephone."

(verb) cure by salting. Examples: "Dun codfish."

(verb) make a dun color.

(adj) of a dull greyish brown to brownish grey color. Examples: "The dun and dreary prairie."