Dum'merar (The Rev. Dr.), a friend of Sir Geoffrey Peveril.—Sir W. Scott, Peveril of the Peak (time, Charles II.).
Dummy or SUPERNUMERARY. "Celimène," in the Précieuses Ridicules, does not utter a single word, although she enters with other characters on the stage.
Dumtous'tie (Mr. Daniel), a young barrister, and nephew of Lord Bladderskate.—Sir W. Scott, Redgauntlet (time, George III.).
Dun (Squire), the hangman who came between Richard Brandon and Jack Ketch.
And presently a halter got,
Made of the best strong hempen teer,
And ere a cat could lick his ear,
Had tied him up with as much art
As Dun himself could do for's heart.
Cotton, Virgil Travestied, iv. (1677).