duly2 (duli)

[ Brevint , Saul and Samuel at Endor, p. 352. Thou art incl in'd to sleep; 'tis a good dulne , And give it way. Shak . , Tempest, i. 2. dumt, a. An obsolete spelling of dumb . Dulne , that in a playhouse meets disgrace, Might meet with reverence in its proper place. Dryden, Troilus and Cre ida, Prol., 1. 25. Nor is the dulne of the scholar to extinguish, but rather to inflame, the charity of the teacher. South , Sermons. And gentle Dulne ever loves a joke. the breath dulls a mirror. She deem'd no mist of earth could dull Those spirit-thrilling eyes so keen and beautiful. Tennyson, Ode to Memory. 3. To make le sharp or acute; render blunt or obtuse: as, to dull a knife or a needle.-4. To make le keenly felt; moderate the intensity of: as, to dull pain. Weep; weeping dulls the inward pain. Tennyson, To J. S. When coloured windows came into use, the comparative mediately felt. J. Fergu on, Hist. Arch., I. 520. Cardiac dullne . See cardiac. =Syn. Baldne , Heavine , etc. (in style). See frigidity. dully (dul'li), adv. In a dull manner; stupidly; sluggishly; without life or spirit; dimly; bluntly. She has a sad and darkened soul, loves dully . The dome dully tinted with violet mica. Right nought am I thurgh youre doctrine, I dulle under youre discipline. Rom. of the Rose, 1. 4792. Which [wit] rusts and duls , except it subiect finde Worthy it's worth, whereon it self to grinde. Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, i. 6. 2. To become calm; moderate: as, the wind dulled, or dulled down, about twelve o'clock. [Rare.] -3. To become deadened in color; lose brightne . The day had dulled somewhat, and far out among the western isles that lay along the horizon there was was a faint, still mist that made them shadowy and vague. W. Black , A Daughter of Heth, xx.