dust is a Noun
[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 too 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. Byron.
[2] A single particle of earth or other matter. [R.] "To touch a dust of England`s ground." Shak.
[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. Tennyson.
[5] Figuratively, a worthless thing. And by the merit of vile gold, dross, dust. Shak.
[6] Figuratively, a low or mean condition. [God] raiseth up the poor out of the dust. 1 Sam. ii. 8.
[7] Gold dust; hence: (Slang)
[8] Coined money; cash. 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, or kick up, dust, to make a commotion. [Colloq.] -- To throw dust in one`s eyes, to mislead; to deceive. [Colloq.]
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