v. t.
‖n. [ Native name. ] (Zool.) An East Indian carnivorous mammal (Prionodon gracilis), resembling the civets, but without scent pouches. It is handsomely spotted. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ AS. dung; akin to G. dung, dünger, OHG. tunga, Sw. dynga; cf. Icel. dyngja heap, Dan. dynge, MHG. tunc underground dwelling place, orig., covered with dung. Cf. Dingy. ] The excrement of an animal. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
v. i. To void excrement. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
v. t. To shut up in a dungeon. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE. donjoun highest tower of a castle, tower, prison, F. donjon tower or platform in the midst of a castle, turret, or closet on the top of a house, a keep of a castle, LL. domnio, the same word as LL. dominus lord. See Dame, Don, and cf. Dominion, Domain, Demesne, Danger, Donjon. ] A close, dark prison, commonly, under ground, as if the lower apartments of the donjon or keep of a castle, these being used as prisons. [ 1913 Webster ]
Down with him even into the deep dungeon. Tyndale. [ 1913 Webster ]
Year after year he lay patiently in a dungeon. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A fork for tossing dung. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
He . . . lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill. 1. Sam. ii. 8. [ 1913 Webster ]
Dunghill fowl,
n. [ Dung + (prob.) meer a pool. ] A pit where dung and weeds rot for manure. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Full of dung; filthy; vile; low. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A yard where dung is collected. [ 1913 Webster ]
The national fyrd or militia. J. R. Green. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. Sp. mondongo paunch, tripe, black pudding. ] A stinking tobacco. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. pl. [ NL., from L. solidus solid + ungula a hoof. ] (Zool.) A tribe of ungulates which includes the horse, ass, and related species, constituting the family
a. (Zool.) Solipedous. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Solid + ungulate. ] (Zool.) Same as Soliped. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Zool.) Solipedous. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of scaraboid beetles belonging to