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Adust
Adust A*dust", a. [L. adustus, p. p. of adurere: cf. F.
aduste.]
1. Inflamed or scorched; fiery. ``The Libyan air adust.'
--Milton.
2. Looking as if or scorched; sunburnt.
A tall, thin man, of an adust complexion. --Sir W.
Scott.
3. (Med.) Having much heat in the constitution and little
serum in the blood. [Obs.] Hence: Atrabilious; sallow;
gloomy.
Adusted
Adusted A*dust"ed, a.
Burnt; adust. [Obs.] --Howell.
Adustible
Adustible A*dust"i*ble, a.
That may be burnt. [Obs.]
Adustion
Adustion A*dus"tion (?; 106), 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.
2. (Surg.) Cauterization. --Buchanan.
Bedust
Bedust Be*dust", v. t.
To sprinkle, soil, or cover with dust. --Sherwood.
Copple dust
Copple dust Cop"ple dust`
Cupel dust. [Obs.]
Powder of steel, or copple dust. --Bacon.
Cupel dustCupel Cu"pel (k[=u]"p[e^]l), n. [LL. cupella cup (cf. L.
cupella, small cask, dim. of cupa) : cf. F. coupelle. See
Cup, and cf. Coblet.]
A shallow porous cup, used in refining precious metals,
commonly made of bone ashes (phosphate of lime). [Written
also coppel.]
Cupel dust, powder used in purifying metals. Dustbrush
Dustbrush Dust"brush`, n.
A brush of feathers, bristles, or hair, for removing dust
from furniture.
Duster
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.]
DustierDusty Dust"y, a. [Compar. Dustier; 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. DustiestDusty Dust"y, a. [Compar. Dustier; 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. Dustiness
Dustiness Dust"i*ness, n.
The state of being dusty.
Dustless
Dustless Dust"less, a.
Without dust; as a dustless path.
DustmanDustman Dust"man, p.; pl. Dustmen.
One whose employment is to remove dirt and defuse. --Gay. DustmenDustman Dust"man, p.; pl. Dustmen.
One whose employment is to remove dirt and defuse. --Gay. Dustpan
Dustpan Dust"pan, n.
A shovel-like utensil for conveying away dust brushed from
the floor.
Dust-point
Dust-point Dust"-point`, n.
An old rural game.
With any boy at dust-point they shall play. --Peacham
(1620).
DustyDusty Dust"y, a. [Compar. Dustier; 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. Dusty millerDusty Dust"y, a. [Compar. Dustier; 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. Fig dustFig Fig, n. [F. figue the fruit of the tree, Pr. figa, fr. L.
ficus fig tree, fig. Cf. Fico.]
1. (Bot.) A small fruit tree (Ficus Carica) with large
leaves, known from the remotest antiquity. It was probably
native from Syria westward to the Canary Islands.
2. The fruit of a fig tree, which is of round or oblong
shape, and of various colors.
Note: The fruit of a fig tree is really the hollow end of a
stem, and bears numerous achenia inside the cavity.
Many species have little, hard, inedible figs, and in
only a few does the fruit become soft and pulpy. The
fruit of the cultivated varieties is much prized in its
fresh state, and also when dried or preserved. See
Caprification.
3. A small piece of tobacco. [U.S.]
4. The value of a fig, practically nothing; a fico; -- used
in scorn or contempt. ``A fig for Peter.' --Shak.
Cochineal fig. See Conchineal fig.
Fig dust, a preparation of fine oatmeal for feeding caged
birds.
Fig faun, one of a class of rural deities or monsters
supposed to live on figs. ``Therefore shall dragons dwell
there with the fig fauns.' --Jer. i. 39. (Douay version).
Fig gnat (Zo["o]l.), a small fly said to be injurious to
figs.
Fig leaf, the leaf tree; hence, in allusion to the first
clothing of Adam and Eve (Genesis iii.7), a covering for a
thing that ought to be concealed; esp., an inadequate
covering; a symbol for affected modesty.
Fig marigold (Bot.), the name of several plants of the
genus Mesembryanthemum, some of which are prized for the
brilliancy and beauty of their flowers.
Fig tree (Bot.), any tree of the genus Ficus, but
especially F. Carica which produces the fig of commerce. Flingdust
Flingdust Fling"dust`, n.
One who kicks up the dust; a streetwalker; a low manner.
[Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
HindustaneeUrdu Ur"du, n. [Hind. urd[=u].]
The language more generally called Hindustanee. Hindustani
Hindoostanee Hin"doo*sta"nee, Hindustani Hin"du*sta"ni, a.
[Hind. Hind[=u]st[=a]n[=i] an Indian, fr. Hind. and Per.
Hind[=u]st[=a]n India.]
Of or pertaining to the Hindoos or their language. -- n. The
language of Hindostan; 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.
In dust and ashesAshes Ash"es, n. pl. [OE. asche, aske, AS. asce, [ae]sce, axe;
akin to OHG. asca, G. asche, D. asch, Icel. & Sw. aska, Dan.
aske, Goth. azgo.]
1. The earthy or mineral particles of combustible substances
remaining after combustion, as of wood or coal.
2. Specifically: The remains of the human body when burnt, or
when ``returned to dust' by natural decay.
Their martyred blood and ashes sow. --Milton.
The coffins were broken open. The ashes were
scattered to the winds. --Macaulay.
3. The color of ashes; deathlike paleness.
The lip of ashes, and the cheek of flame. --Byron.
In dust and ashes, In sackcloth and ashes, with humble
expression of grief or repentance; -- from the method of
mourning in Eastern lands.
Volcanic ashes, or Volcanic ash, the loose, earthy
matter, or small fragments of stone or lava, ejected by
volcanoes. IndustrialIndustrial In*dus"tri*al, 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.
The great ideas of industrial development and economic
social amelioration. --M. Arnold. Industrial exhibition 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. Industrial school 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. Industrialism
Industrialism In*dus"tri*al*ism, n.
1. Devotion to industrial pursuits; labor; industry. --J. S.
Mill.
2. The principles or policy applicable to industrial pursuits
or organized labor.
Industrialism must not confounded with
industriousness. --H. Spencer.
Industrially
Industrially In*dus"tri*al*ly, adv.
With reference to industry.
IndustriesIndustry In"dus*try, n.; pl. Industries. [L. industria, cf.
industrius diligent; of uncertain origin: cf. F. industrie.]
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.
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.
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.
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.
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