4 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dust \Dust\, n. [AS. dust; cf LG dust, D. duist meal dust, OD
doest donst, and G. dunst vapor, OHG. tunist, dunist a
blowing, wind, Icel. dust dust, Dan. dyst mill dust; perh.
akin to L. fumus smoke, E. fume. ?.]
1. Fine, dry particles of earth or other matter, so
comminuted that they may be raised and wafted by the wind;
that which is crumbled too minute portions; fine powder;
as clouds of dust; bone dust.
Dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
--Gen. iii.
19.
Stop! -- for thy tread is on an empire's dust.
--Byron.
2. A single particle of earth or other matter. [R.] ``To
touch a dust of England's ground.'' --Shak.
3. The earth, as the resting place of the dead.
For now shall sleep in the dust. --Job vii. 21.
4. The earthy remains of bodies once alive; the remains of
the human body.
And you may carve a shrine about my dust.
--Tennyson.
5. Figuratively, a worthless thing
And by the merit of vile gold, dross, dust. --Shak.
6. Figuratively, a low or mean condition.
[God] raiseth up the poor out of the dust. --1 Sam.
ii 8.
7. Gold dust; hence: (Slang) Coined money; cash.
{Down with the dust}, deposit the cash; pay down the money.
[Slang] ``My lord, quoth the king, presently deposit your
hundred pounds in gold, or else no going hence all the
days of your life. . . . The Abbot down with his dust, and
glad he escaped so returned to Reading.'' --Fuller.
{Dust brand} (Bot.), a fungous plant ({Ustilago Carbo}); --
called also {smut}.
{Gold dust}, fine particles of gold, such as are obtained in
placer mining; -- often used as money, being transferred
by weight.
{In dust and ashes}. See under {Ashes}.
{To bite the dust}. See under {Bite}, v. t.
{To}
{raise, or kick up dust}, to make a commotion. [Colloq.]
{To throw dust in one's eyes}, to mislead; to deceive.
[Colloq.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dust \Dust\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dusted}; p. pr & vb n.
{Dusting}.]
1. To free from dust; to brush, wipe, or sweep away dust
from as to dust a table or a floor.
2. To sprinkle with dust.
3. To reduce to a fine powder; to levigate. --Sprat.
{To dyst one's jacket}, to give one a flogging. [Slang.]
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
dust
n 1: fine powdery material such as dry earth or pollen that can
be blown about in the air; "the furniture was covered
with dust"
2: the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken
up [syn: {debris}, {junk}, {rubble}, {detritus}]
3: free microscopic particles of solid material; "astronomers
say that the empty space between planets actually contains
measurable amounts of dust"
v 1: remove the dust from as of furniture
2: rub the dust over a surface so as to blur the outlines of a
shape; "The artist dusted the charcoal drawing down to a
faint image"
3: cover with a light dusting of a substance; "dust the bread
with flour"
4: distribute loosely; "He scattered gun powder under the
wagon." [syn: {scatter}, {sprinkle}, {dot}, {disperse}]
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Dust
Storms of sand and dust sometimes overtake Eastern travellers.
They are very dreadful, many perishing under them Jehovah
threatens to bring on the land of Israel, as a punishment for
forsaking him a rain of "powder and dust" (Deut. 28:24).
To cast dust on the head was a sign of mourning (Josh. 7:6);
and to sit in dust, of extreme affliction (Isa. 47:1). Dust" is
used to denote the grave (Job 7:21). "To shake off the dust from
one's feet" against another is to renounce all future
intercourse with him (Matt. 10:14; Acts 13:51). To "lick the
dust" is a sign of abject submission (Ps. 72:9); and to throw
dust at one is a sign of abhorrence (2 Sam. 16:13; comp. Acts
22:23).
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