DUNDER
Dun"der, n. Etym: [Cf. Sp. redundar to overflow.]
Defn: The lees or dregs of cane juice, used in the distillation of
rum. [West Indies]
The use of dunder in the making of rum answers the purpose of yeast
in the fermentation of flour. B. Edwards.
DUNDERHEAD Dun"der*head`, n. Etym: [Prov. Eng. also dunderpoll, from dunder, same as thunder.]
Defn: A dunce; a numskull; a blockhead. Beau. & Fl.
DUNDER-HEADED
Dun"der-head`ed, a.
Defn: Thick-headed; stupid.
DUNDERPATE
Dun"der*pate`, n.
Defn: See Dunderhead.
DUNE Dune, n. Etym: [The same word as down: cf. D. duin. See Down a bank of sand.]
Defn: A low hill of drifting sand usually formed on the coats, but often carried far inland by the prevailing winds. [Written also dun.] Three great rivers, the Rhine, the Meuse, and the Scheldt, had deposited their slime for ages among the dunes or sand banks heaved up by the ocean around their mouths. Motley.