DUSTS
Proper noun
Dusts
plural of Dust
Anagrams
• studs
Noun
dusts
plural of dust
Verb
dusts
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dust
Anagrams
• studs
Source: Wiktionary
DUST
Dust, n. Etym: [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)
Definition: 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.]
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.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition