dust : Idioms & Phrases

• noun a drug used as an anesthetic by veterinarians; illicitly taken (originally in the form of powder or `dust') for its effects as a hallucinogen
  phencyclidine; PCP; phencyclidine hydrochloride.
  

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• ground or pulverized bones, used as a fertilizer.

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• dust of pounded or broken bricks.

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• noun dust resulting from writing with a piece of chalk
  
  • chalk dust covered the teacher's hands

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Cop"ple dust`

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1. Cupel dust. Obs.

   Powder of steel, or copple dust. Bacon.

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• noun clouds of particles or gases occurring throughout interstellar space
  

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• noun the dispersion of fungicides or insecticides or fertilizer on growing crops (often from a low-flying aircraft)
  spraying.
  

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• powder used in purifying metals.

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• noun small crystals of ice
  frost snow; ice needle; frost mist; ice crystal; poudrin; snow mist.
  

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• 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.

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• noun a bag into which dirt is sucked by a vacuum cleaner
  vacuum bag.
  

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• noun a region subject to dust storms; especially the central region of United States subject to dust storms in the 1930s
  

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• (Bot.), a fungous plant (Ustilago Carbo); called also smut.

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• noun a cloud of dust suspended in the air
  

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• noun a loose coverall (coat or frock) reaching down to the ankles
  gabardine; smock; gaberdine; duster.
  

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• noun state of being contaminated with dust
  
• noun the act of contaminating with dust particles
  

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• noun a paper jacket for a book; a jacket on which promotional information is usually printed
  dust jacket; dust cover; book jacket.
  
• noun a large piece of cloth used to cover furniture that is not in use for a long period
  dust cover.
  
• noun a removable plastic protective covering for a piece of equipment
  

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• noun a miniature whirlwind strong enough to whip dust and leaves and litter into the air
  

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• noun a paper jacket for a book; a jacket on which promotional information is usually printed
  dust jacket; dust cover; book jacket.
  

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• noun a dry swab for dusting floors
  dustmop; dry mop.
  

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• noun a large piece of cloth used to cover furniture that is not in use for a long period
  dust cover.
  

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• noun a windstorm that lifts up clouds of dust or sand
  sandstorm; sirocco; duster.
  
  • it was the kind of duster not experienced in years

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• noun a paper jacket for a book; a jacket on which promotional information is usually printed
  dust jacket; dust cover; book jacket.
  

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• adjective satellite covered with a layer of dust
  dusty.
  
  • a dusty pile of books

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Dust"-point` noun

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1. An old rural game.

   With any boy at dust-point they shall play. Peacham (1620).

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• noun a fine powder for spreading on the body (as after bathing)
  toilet powder; bath powder.
  

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• etc. See under Dutch, Dust, etc.

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• a preparation of fine oatmeal for feeding caged birds.

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• . Same as Facing, 4.

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• noun the particles and flakes (and sometimes small nuggets) of gold obtained in placer mining
  

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• fine particles of gold, such as are obtained in placer mining; often used as money, being transferred by weight.

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• noun street names for heroin
  skag; nose drops; thunder; big H; smack; scag.
  

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• . See under Ashes.

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• with humble expression of grief or repentance; from the method of mourning in Eastern lands.

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• noun microscopic particles in the interplanetary medium
  

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• fine particles of malt, or of the grain used in making malt; -used as a fertilizer. " Malt dust consists chiefly of the infant radicle separated from the grain." Sir H. Davy.

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• noun the radioactive particles that settle to the ground after a nuclear explosion
  fallout.
  

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• fine particles of ground-up rags, used in making papier-maché and wall papers.

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• to make a commotion. Colloq.

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• . (Man.) (a) To take in too little ground with the fore legs, as a horse. (b) To perform curvets too precipitately or too low.

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• . See under Bite, v. t.

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• to fall in the agonies of death; as, he made his enemy bite the dust.

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• to give one a beating. Colloq.

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• to give one a flogging. Slang.

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• to be slain; to fall in battle. "His enemies shall lick the dust." Ps. lxxii. 9.

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• to mislead; to deceive. Colloq.

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