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Definition of Dulls
1. dull [v] - See also: dull
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dulls
Literary usage of Dulls
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1901)
"... are some proverbs that carry a kind of authority with them, as that which
began in Henrie the Fourth's time, He that dulls fhe cow mint keep the calf. ..."
2. Women Workers and Society by Annie Marion MacLean (1916)
"In any case a careful survey of the situation should help to straighten things
out to some extent. I. Modern Industry dulls the Social Instinct When ..."
3. Our Animal Friends: An Illustrated Monthly Magazine (1896)
"To some who stuff their pets at meal-time and between times, and then have them
lie around in idleness that dulls their wits if it does ..."
4. Notes of Thought by Charles Buxton, John Llewelyn Davies (1883)
"'Tis our very skill in studying enjoyment that dulls it. 30 The diffident are
very apt to misinterpret the feelings of others towards them. ..."