2. From Dump sadness.]
1. Short and thick; of low stature and disproportionately stout.
2. Sullen or discontented. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
DUMPY LEVEL
Dump"y lev"el. (Surv.)
Defn: A level having a short telescope (hence its name) rigidly fixed to a table capable only of rotatory movement in a horizontal plane. The telescope is usually an inverting one. It is sometimes called the Troughton level, from the name of the inventor, and a variety improved by one Gavatt is known as the Gavatt level.
DUN
Dun, n. Etym: [See Dune.]
Defn: A mound or small hill.
DUN
Dun, v. t.
Defn: To cure, as codfish, in a particular manner, by laying them, after salting, in a pile in a dark place, covered with salt grass or some like substance.
DUN
Dun, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Dunned; p. pr. & vb. n. Dunning.] Etym:
[AS. dyne noise, dynian to make a noise, or fr. Icel. dynr, duna,
noise, thunder, duna to thunder; the same word as E. din. Din.]