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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.]
Dustbrush
(Dust"brush`) n. A brush of feathers, bristles, or hair, for removing dust from furniture.
Duster
(Dust"er) n.
1. One who, or that which, dusts; a utensil that frees from dust. Specifically: (a) (Paper Making) A revolving
wire-cloth cylinder which removes the dust from rags, etc. (b) (Milling) A blowing machine for separating
the flour from the bran.
2. A light over-garment, worn in traveling to protect the clothing from dust. [U.S.]
Dustiness
(Dust"i*ness) n. The state of being dusty.
Dustless
(Dust"less), a. Without dust; as a dustless path.
Dustman
(Dust"man) p.; pl. Dustmen One whose employment is to remove dirt and refuse. Gay.
Dustpan
(Dust"pan`) n. A shovel-like utensil for conveying away dust brushed from the floor.
Dust-point
(Dust"-point`) n. An old rural game.
With any boy at dust-point they shall play. Peacham Dusty
(Dust"y) a. [Compar. Dustier (-i*er); superl. Dustiest ] [AS. dystig. See Dust.]
1. Filled, covered, or sprinkled with dust; clouded with dust; as, a dusty table; also, reducing to dust.
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Shak. 2. Like dust; of the color of dust; as, a dusty white.
Dusty miller (Bot.), a plant (Cineraria maritima); — so called because of the ashy-white coating of its
leaves.
Dutch
(Dutch) a. [D. duitsch German; or G. deutsch, orig., popular, national, OD. dietsc, MHG. diutsch,
tiutsch, OHG. diutisk, fr. diot, diota, a people, a nation; akin to AS. peód, OS. thiod, thioda, Goth.
piuda; cf. Lith. tauta land, OIr. tuath people, Oscan touto. The English have applied the name especially
to the Germanic people living nearest them, the Hollanders. Cf. Derrick, Teutonic.] Pertaining to
Holland, or to its inhabitants.
Dutch auction. See under Auction. — Dutch cheese, a small, pound, hard cheese, made from
skim milk. — Dutch clinker, a kind of brick made in Holland. It is yellowish, very hard, and long and
narrow in shape. — Dutch clover (Bot.), common white clover the seed of which was largely imported
into England from Holland. — Dutch concert, a so-called concert in which all the singers sing at the
same time different songs. [Slang] — Dutch courage, the courage of partial intoxication. [Slang] Marryat.
— Dutch door, a door divided into two parts, horizontally, so arranged that the lower part can be shut
and fastened, while the upper part remains open. — Dutch foil, Dutch leaf, or Dutch gold, a kind
of brass rich in copper, rolled or beaten into thin sheets, used in Holland to ornament toys and paper; —
called also Dutch mineral, Dutch metal, brass foil, and bronze leaf. — Dutch liquid (Chem.), a
thin, colorless, volatile liquid, C2H4Cl2, of a sweetish taste and a pleasant ethereal odor, produced by
the union of chlorine and ethylene or olefiant gas; — called also Dutch oil. It is so called because discovered
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