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Show DU DU _Paleotes faith, that the fame worfhip which i given to the prototype may be given to the image but with the different degrees of latria and dulia Stilling flect tioh of mind, which in prayer is very neceffaty thould be wafted or du//ed through continuance Hooker In bodies, union ftrengthencth and cherifhet DULL. adj. [dwl, Welfh; dole, Saxon any natural action; and, on the other fide, weak an ii re im le vi an le du an t en dol, mad, Datch. even fo is it of minds 3 Bacon ¥. Stupid ; doltith ; blockifh; unappreke heavy, or flow of motion m T' 6 henfive ; indocile; flow of underftandUfury du/ls and damps all induftries, wherein moing ney would be ftirring, if it werc'not for the flug. Bac Such is their evil hap to play upon du// fpirited 7. To fully brightnefs men. Hooker He that hath learned no wit by naturé, nor art ma complai of grofs breeding, or come very dull kindred of Shake[peare Sometimes this perception, in fome kind o bodies, is ‘far more fubtile than the fenfe; fo tha the fenfe is but a du// thing in comparifon of it Bacon's Natural Hiftory Every man, cven the du/leff, is thinking mor than the moft eloquent can teach him how to utter Dryden 2. Blunt ; obtufe Meeting with Time, Slack thing, faid 1 Thy fcythe is dwi/; whet it, for thame. Herbert awkward 3. Unready Gynecia a great while ftood ftill, with a kird o looking ftedfaftly upon her Sidney O help thou my weak wit, and fharpen my du/ tongue Fairy Queen Memory is fo neceffary to all conditions of life that we are not to fear it fhould grow dull for wan of exercife, if exercife would make it ftronger Locke dull amazement 4. Hebetated ; not quick This people's heart is waxe grofs, and thei ears are dul/ of hearing Iatth. xiils 15 "The princes of Germany had but-a du/l fear o thespreatnefs of Spain, upon a general apprehenfion; now that fear is fharpened and pointed Bacon 5. Sad ; melancholy 6. Sluggifth; heavy flow of motion ‘Thenceforth the waters waxed du// and flow An all that drunk thereof did faint and feebl Zrow Spenfer 7. Grofs 5 cloggy ; vile 8. Not exhilarating ; not delightful : as to make di&ionaries is dull work 9. Not bright: as, zhe mirror is dull, k Jire s dull L'l not be made a foft and du/l-eyed fool To thake the head, relent, and figh, and yiel Shak. Merch, of Venice 10. Drowly; ileepy 7o DvrL. w. a. [from the adje@ive. 1. To ftupify; to infatuate So was fthe dulled wit all that we could com fo near as to hear her fpesches, and yet fhe no Sidney perceive the hearers of her lamentation Thofe drugs the ha Will ftupify and du// the fenfe awhile Shaksfpeare's Cymbeline . To blunt ; to obtund Borrowing dulls the edge of induftry Shakefp This entrance of the battle did whet the courag of the Spaniards, though it du/fed their fwords Bacon 3. To fadden ; to make melancholy 4 Now forc'd to overflow with brackifh tears The troublous noife did dui/ their dainty ears Spenfer hat more dulle the wits o take away the will of children from learning, than car in makKing of Latin to clog 5. To damp Afcbanm Prayers were fhort, as if darts thrown out with fudden quicknefs, left that vigilant andere atten A block # f [from dull Du'trarp aftupid fellow ; adunce head ; adolt mak'ft thou me a du//ard in this act What Shake/p. Cymbeline Wilt thou not fpeak to me Thou muft make a dullard of the world If they not thought the profits of my deat Were very pregnant and potential fpur Shakefpeare's King Lear To make thee feek it Du'riy. adv. [from dull. 1. Stupidly ; doltifhly It is not fufficient to imitate nature in every circumftance dully, literally, and meanly; but it be comes a painter to take what is moft beautiful Dryden's' Dufrefnoy 2. Slowly ; fluggifhly The air, if it be moift, doth in a degree quenc flame th howioeve an maket it bur dully mor Bacon 3. Not vigorouily; not gaily ; not brightly; not keenly Not that I think thofe pantomimes Who vary aétion with the times Are lefs ingenious in their ar Than thofe who dully aét one part. Hydibras Dvu'Lxess. n.-/. [from dull. 1. Stupidity; weaknefs of intelle&t; in- docility ; {flownefs of apprehenfion No is the du/nefs of the fchelar to extinguifh but rather to inflame, the charity of the teacher South Shadwel alone my perfe@ image bears Mature in dulngfs from his tender years 2. Want of quick perception Dryden to a fatiety and du/nefs either of appetite or working Bacon 3. Drowfinefs ; inclination to {leep Tho Here ceafe more queftions art inclin'd to fleep. *T'is a good dulnefs And give it way Shakelpeare's Tempef? 4. Sluggifhnefs of motion 5. Dimnefs ; want of luftre 6. Bluntnefs ; want of edge Dvu'ry. adw. [from due. 1. Properly ; fitly ; in the due manner Ever fince they firmly have retained And duly well obferved his beheaft But like dumb fatucs, or unbreathing Boge Star'd each on other w Shakefpeare's 1&1‘})",'4 Some pofitive terms fignify 4 negative ide ?lmd hxmplxes a privatioofn fight, dump4 cienija o:- peech D attss 2. Deprived of fpeech A They fung no more, or only fung his fame Struck dumb, they all ,admir'd the god‘lzi&jfig 3. Mute ; not ufing words He is proper man' can converfg w?th adumb!}how B buf" WH'e Shakefpeare's Merch His gentle dumb cx ptékmon turn'd at‘"lizét%?m‘" The eye of Eye to mark his play ]pj;]m Her humble geftures made the refidue plain Dumb eloquence perfuading more than fpecch, For he who covets gain in fuch exceffe/}ofim‘?{' Does by dumb figns himfelf as much exprefs As if in words at length he thow'd his mind Dryder' Fotiena) Nothing is more common thariy for'lzzg;"‘: complain, relent, languith, defpair, and die j dumb fhow 4. Silent; refufing to fpeak - Addifon S i = The good old feer withftoo Du'mEBLY adwv [from dumb. Mutely filently5 without words. Du'mBwESs. z / [from dumb. 1. Incapacity to fpeak. 2. Omiflion of fpeech ; mutenefs There was fpeech in their dumbnefs, languagéi their very gefture they looked as they had hear of a world ranfomed, or one deftroyed To th' dumbnrefs of the geftur One might interpret - 3. Refufal to {peak ; filence And guilty dumbnefs, witnefs'd my furprize. Diyd, JoDu'mrounp. v. a. [from dimb.] T confufe ; to firike dumb. A low phrafe They had like to have dumfounded the juftice but his clerk came in to his affiftance 1 DUMP. #. / Specfator [from dam, ftupid, Dutch 1. Sorrow ; melancholy ; fadnefs Of dumps fo dull and heavy The frauds of men were everfo, Sing no more ditties, ing nom o> f Since fummer firfk was leafy. ShoMuchdd Vifit by night your lady's chamber windo With fome fweet confost ; to their inftrument Tune a deploring dump : the night's dead filenc Will well become fuch{weet complaining gricvagce Hudibras bumbe nith ; dom, Dutch Saxon dum Pope Da dull. 1. Mute ; incapable of fpeech It hath pleafed himfelf fometime to unloofe th very tongues even of dumb creatures, and to teac them t» plead in their own defence, left the cruelty of man fhould perfit to affict them The fquire who fought on bloody ftumps By future bards bewail'd in doleful dumps Gay's Paforals 2. Abfence of mind ; reverie. ~Locke ufe dumps fingularly . ‘This fhame dumps caufe to well-bred people when it carries them away from the company Locke Fa Dvu'MPisH. adj. [from dump.] Sad; me- lancholy ; forrowful Hoaker And bidding th' old adieu, his paffed dat Bids alt old thoughts to die in dumpifb {pight. Sperfer I S The life which I live at this-age is not a dead dumpifb, and four life; but cheartul, lively, an t bg He pleafan ia h m d r [ } G Du'MPLI nefs. A fort of pudding Pudding and dumpling burn to pot Doth feem to promife hope of new delight . New year, forth looking out of ]an‘us' gate adj. [=31, he was filent; dumbs Gothick *Tis love, faid fhe ; and then my downcafteyes March flowly on in folemn dump DUMB Shakefp. Timon of Athens My prayer Are not words durly hallow'd, nor my wifhe More worth than vanities ; yet prayers and withe Are all I can veturn. - Shake/peare's Henry VIIL In the body, when the principal parts, as th heart and liver, do their offices, and all the inferiour fmaller veffels a& orderly and duly, ther But duly fent his family and wife Shakefpeare's Winter's Ta Funerals with ftately pom exactly Th® intended treafon, and was dumb to blood; Till tir'd with endlefs clamours, and purfuit Of Ithacus, he ftood no longer mute, Dryd. E}, Spenfer 2. Regularly. Sbakefpeare arifes a fweet enjoyment upon the whole, which w call health South If attention be duly engaged to thofe refle@ions they cannot fail of influence Rogers v Pode piures but Seldom ag chureh, *twas fuch'a bufy life To hebetate ; to weaken Nothin Bacon Nature, by a continual ufe of any thing, growet She excels cach mortal thin Upon the dull earth dwelling Shakefp. Two Gentleinen of Verona To chriftian interceflors The breath du//s the mirrour They fpake not DU 1]2)1{‘24;- |