a. [ L. adustus, p. p. of adurere: cf. F. aduste. ] 1. Inflamed or scorched; dried or darkened by heat. “The Libyan air adust.” Milton. AS [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Sunburnt. [ archaic ] AS [ 1913 Webster ]

A tall, thin man, of an adust complexion. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Med.) Looking or acting depressed; atrabilious; gloomy. [ archaic ] AS [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Burnt; adust. [ Obs. ] Howell. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. That may be burnt. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. adustio, fr. adurere, adustum: cf. F. adustion. ] 1. The act of burning, or heating to dryness; the state of being thus heated or dried. [ Obs. ] Harvey. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Surg.) Cauterization. Buchanan. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To sprinkle, soil, or cover with dust. Sherwood. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. ke`ras, ke`ratos horn + &unr_; tooth. ] (Zool.) A genus of ganoid fishes, of the order Dipnoi, first known as Mesozoic fossil fishes; but recently two living species have been discovered in Australian rivers. They have lungs so well developed that they can leave the water and breathe in air. In Australia they are called salmon and baramunda. See Dipnoi, and Archipterygium. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cupel dust. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Powder of steel, or copple dust. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the type genus of the Desmodontidae, consisting of vampire bats.
Syn. -- genus Desmodus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Finance) an index of certain stock prices on the New York Stock Exchange, computed by the Dow Jones publishing company as a weighted average of the prices of the common stocks of 30 specific companies classified as "industrial". The Dow Jones Industrial Average is often taken as an indicator of the movement of American stock prices generally, though other indices are maintained, averaging the prices of other stocks, and these often change in opposite directions from those of the DJIA.
Syn. -- DJI, DJIA, Dow, Dow Jones, Dow-Jones Average. [ PJC ]

n. A demon or spirit. See Deuce. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. (Geography) The capital city of Tajikistan. Population (2000) = 524, 000. [ PJC ]

a. [ OE. dusc, dosc, deosc; cf. dial. Sw. duska to drizzle, dusk a slight shower. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;. ] Tending to darkness or blackness; moderately dark or black; dusky. [ 1913 Webster ]

A pathless desert, dusk with horrid shades. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Imperfect obscurity; a middle degree between light and darkness; twilight; as, the dusk of the evening. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A darkish color. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whose duck set off the whiteness of the skin. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To make dusk. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

After the sun is up, that shadow which dusketh the light of the moon must needs be under the earth. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To grow dusk. [ R. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To make dusk or obscure. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Not utterly defaced, but only duskened. Nicolls. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a dusky manner. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being dusky. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Somewhat dusky. “ Duskish smoke.” Spenser. -- Dusk"ish*ly, adv. -- Dusk"ish*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Duskiness. [ R. ] Sir T. Elyot. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Partially dark or obscure; not luminous; dusk; as, a dusky valley. [ 1913 Webster ]

Through dusky lane and wrangling mart. Keble. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Tending to blackness in color; partially black; dark-colored; not bright; as, a dusky brown. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

When Jove in dusky clouds involves the sky. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

The figure of that first ancestor invested by family tradition with a dim and dusky grandeur. Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Gloomy; sad; melancholy. [ 1913 Webster ]

This dusky scene of horror, this melancholy prospect. Bentley. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Intellectually clouded. [ 1913 Webster ]

Though dusky wits dare scorn astrology. Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. √71. ] 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 to minute portions; fine powder; as, clouds of dust; bone dust. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. Gen. iii. 19. [ 1913 Webster ]

Stop! -- for thy tread is on an empire's dust. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A single particle of earth or other matter. [ R. ] “To touch a dust of England's ground.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The earth, as the resting place of the dead. [ 1913 Webster ]

For now shall sleep in the dust. Job vii. 21. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The earthy remains of bodies once alive; the remains of the human body. [ 1913 Webster ]

And you may carve a shrine about my dust. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Figuratively, a worthless thing. [ 1913 Webster ]

And by the merit of vile gold, dross, dust. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. Figuratively, a low or mean condition. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ God ] raiseth up the poor out of the dust. 1 Sam. ii. 8. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. Gold dust; hence: (Slang) Coined money; cash. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 dust, or
To kick up dust, to make a commotion. [ Colloq. ] --
To throw dust in one's eyes, to mislead; to deceive. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To sprinkle with dust. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To reduce to a fine powder; to levigate. Sprat. [ 1913 Webster ]

To dyst one's jacket, to give one a flogging. [ Slang. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a bin that holds rubbish until it is collected.
Syn. -- ashcan, trash can, garbage can, wastebin, ashbin, trash barrel, trash bin. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A brush of feathers, bristles, or hair, for removing dust from furniture. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a truck for collecting domestic refuse; as, in England a garbage truck is called a dustcart.
Syn. -- garbage truck. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A piece of cloth used for wiping dust from objects or surfaces.
Syn. -- dustrag, duster. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

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. (c) A dustcloth or a brush used for removing dust from objects or surfaces. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A long light overgarment; specifically (a) a light over-garment, formerly worn when traveling in open vehicles to protect the clothing from dust. [ U.S. ] (b) A light housecoat worn by women. (c) A light overcoat worn by women, often having no lining. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

3. A device for spreading a powder, especially one for spreading insecticide on plants. [ PJC ]

4. (Baseball) A pitch intentionally thrown by a pitcher directly at or very close to the batter, intended to make the batter stand further away from home plate; also called a dust-back pitch or a dust-back. [ PJC ]

5. A dust storm. [ PJC ]

n. The state of being dusty. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Without dust; as a dustless path. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. dustmen One whose employment is to remove dirt and refuse; a garbage man. Gay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a dry mop for dusting floors.
Syn. -- dust mop, dry mop. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A shovel-like utensil with a short handle used for conveying away dust brushed from the floor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An old rural game. [ 1913 Webster ]

With any boy at dust-point they shall play. Peacham (1620). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A strong windstorm that lifts particles of dust or dry soil into the air and blows them around, covering land or objects with a thick layer of dust. Dust storms may occur in arable areas during periods of drought; when a similar storm occurs in a desert area, such a storm is called a sandstorm. [ PJC ]

n. an angry dispute.
Syn. -- quarrel, wrangle, row, words, run-in. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Compar. Dustier superl. Dustiest ] [ AS. dystig. See Dust. ] 1. Filled, covered, or sprinkled with dust; clouded with dust; as, a dusty table; a dusty attic; also, reducing to dust. [ 1913 Webster ]

And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Like dust; of the color of dust; as, a dusty white. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dusty miller (Bot.), a plant (Cineraria maritima); -- so called because of the ashy-white coating of its leaves. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; a spear + 'odoy`s, 'odo`ntos, a tooth. ] (Paleon.) A genus of extinct Cretaceous fishes; -- so named from their spear-shaped teeth. They were allied to the pike (Esox). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L., the book of Exodus, Gr. &unr_; a going or marching out; &unr_; out + &unr_; way, cf. Skr. ā-sad to approach. ] 1. A going out; particularly (the Exodus), the going out or journey of the Israelites from Egypt under the conduct of Moses; and hence, any large migration from a place. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The second of the Old Testament, which contains the narrative of the departure of the Israelites from Egypt. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who kicks up the dust; a streetwalker; a low manner. [ Obs. ] Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. fondu, prop. p. p. of fondre to melt, blend. See Found to cast. ] A style of printing calico, paper hangings, etc., in which the colors are in bands and graduated into each other. Ure. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., bottom. ] (Anat.) The bottom or base of any hollow organ; as, the fundus of the bladder; the fundus of the eye; the fundus of the uterus. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ [ NL., the star of George (III. of England). ] (Astron.) The planet Uranus, so named by its discoverer, Sir W. Herschel. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ From L. gradus ad Parnassum a step to Parnassus. ] A dictionary of prosody, designed as an aid in writing Greek or Latin poetry. [ 1913 Webster ]

He set to work . . . without gradus or other help. T. Hughes. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. gymno`s naked + kla`dos a branch. ] (Bot.) A genus of leguminous plants; the Kentucky coffee tree. The leaves are cathartic, and the seeds a substitute for coffee. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. gyro`s round + 'odoy`s tooth. ] (Paleon.) A genus of extinct oölitic fishes, having rounded teeth in several rows adapted for crushing. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. northern region of India where Hinduism predominates. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } a. [ Hind. Hindūstānī an Indian, fr. Hind. and Per. Hindūstān India. ] Of or pertaining to the Hindoos or their language. -- n. The language of Hindustan; the name given by Europeans to the most generally spoken of the modern Aryan languages of India. It is Hindi with the addition of Persian and Arabic words. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. of or pertaining to Hindustan or its inhabitants. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. a native or inhabitant of Hindustan or India.
Syn. -- Hindu, Hindoo. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. a form of Hindi spoken around Delhi. See Hindoostanee.
Syn. -- Hindoostani, Hindoostanee, Hindostani. [ WordNet 1.5 ]