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 ]

Cupel dust. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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

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

a. [ Cf. F. industriel, LL. industrialis. See Industry. ] Consisting in industry; pertaining to industry, or the arts and products of industry; concerning those employed in labor, especially in manual labor, and their wages, duties, and rights. [ 1913 Webster ]

The great ideas of industrial development and economic social amelioration. M. Arnold. [ 1913 Webster ]

Industrial exhibition, a public exhibition of the various industrial products of a country, or of various countries. --
Industrial school, a school for teaching one or more branches of industry; also, a school for educating neglected children, and training them to habits of industry. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Devotion to industrial pursuits; labor; industry. J. S. Mill. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The principles or policy applicable to industrial pursuits or organized labor. [ 1913 Webster ]

Industrialism must not confounded with industriousness. H. Spencer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. To make industrial; to develop so that most of the working population is engaged in non-agricultural labor; to develop economically; -- of nations or geographical areas; as, to industrialize underdeveloped nations. [ PJC ]

adj. 1. made industrial; converted to industrialism. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adv. With reference to industry. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An area designated in zoning regulations to be used by industry, often located in a suburban area, and having some park-like sections. [ PJC ]

n. The changes in the methods of production as well as the resulting changes in economic and social organization accompanying the replacement of hand labor by power-driven machinery. It started in England in about 1760, and spread to other countries with very varying time lags. The introduction of powered machinery such as the steam engine and power loom led to the concentration of large areas of manufacturing in large companies, and made some goods more plentiful and cheaper by mechanical production and economies of scale. [ PJC ]

a. [ L. industrius, industriosus: cf. F. industrieux. See Industry. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Given to industry; characterized by diligence; constantly, regularly, or habitually occupied; busy; assiduous; not slothful or idle; -- commonly implying devotion to lawful and useful labor. [ 1913 Webster ]

Frugal and industrious men are commonly friendly to the established government. Sir W. Temple. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Steadily and perseveringly active in a particular pursuit or aim; as, he was negligent in business, but industrious in pleasure; an industrious mischief maker. [ 1913 Webster ]

Industrious to seek out the truth of all things. Spenser.

-- In*dus"tri*ous*ly, adv. -- In*dus"tri*ous*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. persevering application; habitual and diligent occupation with productive activity.
Syn. -- diligence, industry. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n.; pl. Industries [ L. industria, cf. industrius diligent; of uncertain origin: cf. F. industrie. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Habitual diligence in any employment or pursuit, either bodily or mental; steady attention to business; assiduity; -- opposed to sloth and idleness; as, industry pays debts, while idleness or despair will increase them. [ 1913 Webster ]

We are more industrious than our forefathers, because in the present times the funds destined for the maintenance of industry are much greater in proportion to those which are likely to be employed in the maintenance of idleness, than they were two or three centuries ago. A. Smith. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Any department or branch of art, occupation, or business; especially, one which employs much labor and capital and is a distinct branch of trade; as, the sugar industry; the iron industry; the cotton industry. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Polit. Econ.) Human exertion of any kind employed for the creation of value, and regarded by some as a species of capital or wealth; labor.

Syn. -- Diligence; assiduity; perseverance; activity; laboriousness; attention. See Diligence. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. not industrial; -- used of societies. Opposite of industrial and industrialized. [ Narrower terms: developing, underdeveloped; unindustrialized ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. Dust or small fragments of wood (or of stone, etc.) made by the cutting of a saw. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + dust. ] To free from dust. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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