Dung

[A. S.; Swed. dynga; Dan. dynge, a heap. Etymol. unknown.] The excrement of animals; - hence, manure; compost. -v. a. To manure with dung; as, to dung a pasture. (Manuf.) In calico-printing, to steep in a bath of cow-dung, and warm water, as calico. -v. n. To void excrement. Dungan'non, a town of Ireland, co. Tyrone, 12 m. N. W. of Armagh. Manuf . Linens, earthenware, iron. Pop . 4,000. D. was the ancient seat of the O'Neills, earls of Tyrone, and de jure kings of Ulster, till 1607. Dungan non, in Ohio , a post-village of Columbiana co., abt. 142 m. N.E. of Columbus. Dungar van, a sea-port town of Ireland, co. Water ford, on a bay of the same name. It exports grain, butter, and cattle, but its main support is the herring fishery. Pop . abt. 5,886. Dundee, in Mi ouri , a post-office of Franklin co. Dundee, in New York , a post-village of Yates co., abt. Dung-beetle, n. (Zool.) A name commonly given 190 m. W. by S. of Albany. Dundee, in Wisconsin , a post-office of Fond du Lac co. Dun'der, n . A term applied in the W. Indies to the lees of cane-juice used in the manufacture of rum. Dun'derhead, Dun'derpate, n . A thick-skull; a dunce; a stupid person; as, the "formal dunder - head ." Scott . Dun'-diver, n . ( Zool .) See MERGUS. Dundon'ald, THOMAS COCHRANE, EARL OF, a famous English admiral, B. 1776. At the age of 17, being then Lord Cochrane, he entered the navy, and in 1800 became commander of a sloop-of-war of 14 guns, with which he, in ten months, captured and destroyed 33 French and Spanish ve els of war, and in 1801, took by boarding, after a severe action, a Spanish frigate of 32 guns, off Barcelona. He afterwards distinguished himself by a series of dashing operations on the French coast, in cutting out ve els and storming land-batteries. In 1809, he led, in the depth of night, a fleet of fire-ships under the batteries of Basque Roads, and destroyed the French squadron lying at anchor under their protection; Lord Cochrane firing with his own hand a fire-ship containing 1,500 barrels of gunpowder. For this exploit he received the cro of the Order of the Bath. In 1807 he entered Parliament as member for Westminster, but speedily rendered himself obnoxious to the government by the outspoken liberalism of his political sentiments. In 1814, Lord Cochrane was made the dupe of some fraudulent stock-jobbers, and became involved in troubles resulting therefrom. He was tried for fraud, found guilty, and sentenced to pay a fine of $5,000, and to suffer a year's imprisonment. The government gladly took advantage of this event to expel him from the House of Commons, to many coleopterous insects of the Scarabæi dæ , which feed upon the dung of the animals, and for the most part live in it. They are also called Coprophagi (Gr., dung-eaters). Gertrupes stercorarius ( Fig . 885) is an example. Dungeon, ( dun'jon ,) n. See DONJON. v. a. To imprison or keep in a dungeon. Dungene , ( dung' ne .) a bold and commanding promontory in England, county of IMG:content-0692.jpg:[graphic] Fig. 885. - DUNG-BEETLE. (Gertrupes stercorarius.) Kent, on the English Channel. It has a light-house; Lat. 50° 55′ N., Lon. 0° 58′ Ε.