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A kind of thick woolen cloth of a dun, or dull brownish yellow, or dull gray, color; -- called also drabcloth.

That which falls in drops; the excrement or dung of animals. Dropping bottle, an instrument used to supply small quantities of a fluid to a test tube or other vessel. -- Dropping fire, a continued irregular discharge of firearms. -- Dropping tube, a tube for ejecting any liquid in drops.

of serous fluid in any serous cavity of the body, or in the subcutaneous cellular tissue. Dunglison.

A stupid person; a dunce. Shak. -- a.

acking brightness or clearness, as a color. [R.] Her stern was painted of a dumb white or dun color. De Foe. Deaf and dumb. See Deaf-mute. -- Dumb ague, or Dumb chill, a form of intermittent fever which has no well-defined "chill." [U.S.] -- Dumb animal, any animal except man; -- usually restricted to a domestic quadr…

heartburn, acrid or fetid eructations, a sense of weight or fullness in the stomach, etc. Dunglison.

named from the Sicilian tyrant, who constructed a device to overhear the prisoners in his dungeons. -- Ear sand (Anat.), otoliths. See Otolith. -- Ear snail (Zoöl.), any snail of the genus Auricula and allied genera. -- Ear stones (Anat.), otoliths. See Otolith. -- Ear trumpet, an instrument to aid in hearing. It c…

neous eruption, consisting of large, round pustules, upon an indurated and inflamed base. Dunglison.

cled eider (Arctonetta Fischeri) are related species. Eider down. Etym: [Cf. Icel. æ\'ebardun, Sw. eiderdun, Dan. ederduun.] Down of the eider duck, much sought after as an article of luxury.

See Elevator, n. (e). Dunglison.

of blood, pus, or other fluid, in some cavity of the body, especially that of the pleura. Dunglison.

Serving to palliate; palliative. Dunglison.

An ulcer in the eye, upon the cornea, which causes the loss of the humors. Dunglison.

Having great tension, or exaggerated action. Dunglison.

Formed, or deposited, by the action of wind, as dunes. Eolian attachment, Eolian harp. See Æolian.

An epidemic disease. Dunglison.

rval and attended by sudden loss of consciousness, and convulsive motions of the muscles. Dunglison.

The period of violence in a fever or disease; paroxysm. Dunglison.

Paleness produced by absence of light, or by disease. Dunglison.

g the false membranes which sometimes result from acute inflammation in a healthy person. Dunglison.