Dust /(dŭst)/

Dust

n.
  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.
    Dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
    — Gen. iii. 19.
    Stop! -- for thy tread is on an empire's dust.
  2. A single particle of earth or other matter. [R.]
  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.
  5. Figuratively, a worthless thing.
    And by the merit of vile gold, dross, dust.
  6. Figuratively, a low or mean condition.
    [God] raiseth up the poor out of the dust.
    — 1 Sam. ii. 8.
  7. Gold dust Slang

Phrases & Compounds
Down with the dust
deposit the cash; pay down the money.
Dust brand
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
to make a commotion.
To throw dust in one's eyes
to mislead; to deceive.

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.

Phrases & Compounds
To dyst one's jacket
to give one a flogging.