dullard (dulard)

and a. [ They which cannot doe it are holden dullards and blockes. Purchas , Pilgrimage, p. 342. II. a. Dull; doltish; stupid. But would I bee a poet if I might, To rub my browes three days, and wake three nights, And bite my nails, and scratch my dullard head? Bp . Hall , Satires, I. iv. dullard ism (dul'är-dizm), n. [ dullard + -ism.] Stupidity; doltishne . Maunder . [Rare.] dull-brained (dul'brand), a. Having a dull brain; being slow to understand or comprehend. This arm of mine hath chastised The petty rebel, dull - brain'd Bucking ham. Shak., Rich. III., iv. 4. dull-browed (dul'broud), a. Having a gloomy brow or look. Let us screw our pampered hearts a pitch beyond the reach of dull - browed sorrow. Quarles, Judgment and Mercy. duller (dul'er), n. One who or that which makes dull. Your grace must fly phlebotomy, fresh pork, conger, and clarified whey; they are all dullers of the vital spirits. Beau . and Fl . , Phil aster, ii. 1. dulleryt (dul'er-i), n. [= MLG. dullerie ; as dullery.] Dullne ; stupidity. Master Antitus of Cre eplots was licentiated, and had pa ed his degrees in all dullery and blockishne . Urquhart , tr. of Rabelais, ii. 11. dull-eyed (dul'id), a . Having eyes dull in expre ion; being of dull vision. IMG:content-0081.png:[blocks in formation] dull. [Poetical.] Far off she seem'd to hear the dully sound Of human footsteps fall. Tennyson, Palace of Art. dulne , n. See dullne . dulocracyt (dū-lok'ra-si), n . [Also written dou- locracy ; κρατεῖν , rule.] Predominance of slaves; of slave a government of or by means of slaves. E. Phillips , 1706. dulse (duls), n. [Also dial. dull is , dilse , dills , dillisk ; duileasg , duileosg = Ir. duileasg , duilliasg, dulse, perhaps