dunst (dunst)

A kind of flour; fine semolina without bran or germs. The Miller (London). duns table (dun's ta-bl), a. and n. [In allusion to Duns table in England, the adj. use (as in def.) being derived from the word as used in the phrase Duns table road or way.] I. a. [ cap.] Plain; direct; simple; downright. Your uncle is an odd, but a very honest, Duns table soul. Richardson , Sir Charles Grand is on, VI. 177. Duns table road, way, or highway, the way to Duns table: used proverbially as a symbol of plainne or di rectne . "As plain as Duns table road . " It is applied to things plain and simple, without welt or guard to adorn them, as also to matters easie and obvious to be found. Fuller, Worthies, Bedford shire. There were some good walkers among them, that walked in the kings high way ordinarily, uprightly, plaine Dun stable way . Latimer , Sermons. II. n. A fabric of woven or plaited straw, originally made at Duns table in England. Also used attributively: as, a duns table hat or bon net.