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in the structure of body or mind; as, a constitutional infirmity; constitutional ardor or dullness.

ourselves either from the ignorance or malice of our enemies. Bp. Stilingfleet. And to be dull was construed to be good. Pope.

Crabbed eloquence." Chaucer. How charming is divine philosophy! Not harsh and crabbed, as dull fools suppose. Milton.

Characterized by crudeness; raw. [Obs.] The foolish and dull and crudy vapors. Shak.

it; crura cerebri, two bundles of nerve fibers in the base of the brain, connecting the medulla and the forebrain.

depress or deject; to deaden; to cloud; to check or restrain, as action or vigor; to make dull; to weaken; to discourage. "To damp your tender hopes." Akenside. Usury dulls and damps all industries, improvements, and new inventions, wherein money would be stirring if it were not for this slug. Bacon. How many a day has…

To depress; to check; to make dull; to lessen. In a way that considerably dampened our enthusiasm. The Century.

Lacking spirit; dull; lusterless; cheerless; as, dead eye; dead fire; dead color, etc.

Having a dull, faint heart; spiritless; listless. -- Dead"*heart`ed*ness, n. Bp. Hall.

Somewhat dead, dull, or lifeless; deathlike. The lips put on a deadish paleness. A. Stafford.

The state of being destitute of life, vigor, spirit, activity, etc.; dullness; inertness; languor; coldness; vapidness; indifference; as, the deadness of a limb, a body, or a tree; the deadness of an eye; deadness of the affections; the deadness of beer or cider; deadness to the world, and the like.…

es; one given to argument; a disputant; a controvertist. Debate where leisure serves with dull debaters. Shak.

To remove the glaze from, as pottery or porcelain, so as to give a dull finish.

The process of giving a dull or ground surface to glass by acid or by mechanical means. Knight.

The process of removing the vitreous glaze from porcelain, leaving the dull luster of the surface of ivory porcelian. Knight.

To lessen the activity of; to make dull; embarrass, as trade, commerce, etc.

Diminution, as of trade, etc.; inactivity; dullness.

Of obscure vision; not seeing clearly; hence, dull of apprehension; of weak perception; obtuse. Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow. Job xvii. 7. The understanding is dim. Rogers.

Dullness, or want of clearness, of vision or of intellectual perception. Dr. H. More.

To deprive of an edge; to blunt; to dull. Served a little to disedge The sharpness of that pain about her heart. Tennyson.