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Definition of Dunnish
1. a. Inclined to a dun color.
Definition of Dunnish
1. Adjective. Somewhat dun in colour. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dunnish
1. somewhat dun [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dunnish
Literary usage of Dunnish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Complete Angler, Or, Contemplative Man's Recreation: Being a Discourse by Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton (1833)
"Wings may be added, either of a ruddy hen or chicken, or of the softest feather
of a rook 's wing : the first will give it an orange, the latter a dunnish ..."
2. A Gazetteer of the World: Or, Dictionary of Geographical Knowledge, Compiled by Member of the Royal Geographical Society (1856)
"Their colour if dunnish-white, brown or black ; and their había are hardy, active,
and mischievous, rendering ir.™ a race of miniature wild boars. ..."
3. An Account of the Strata of Northumberland and Durham as Proved by Borings (1885)
"O 1 O Black metal and coal 007 Grey metal stone ..030 Strong dunnish post. ...
January 7th, 1810, bored further : — Strong dunnish post. ..."
4. The Complete Angler: Or, Contemplative Man's Recreation by Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton, John Hawkins (1808)
"... little or none of the greenish herl); warp with brown silk. Wing, of as feather.
DUN. Body, dunnish bloa fur of an old fox, mixed with pale yellow, ..."
5. The Writings of Henry David Thoreau by Henry David Thoreau (1906)
"There are many clouds about and a beautiful sunset sky, a yellowish (dunnish?)
golden sky, between them in the horizon, looking up the river. ..."
6. Collections by Massachusetts Historical Society (1833)
"dunnish Worm or Bug of the bigness of an Oaten- straw, and an inch long, that in
the spring lye at the Root of Corn and Garden plants all day, ..."
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