dust

DUST, noun 1. Fine dry particles of earth or other matter, so attenuated that it may be raised and wafted by the wind; powder; as clouds of dust and seas of blood. 2. Fine dry particles of earth; fine earth. The peacock warmeth her eggs in the dust Job 34:15. 3. Earth; unorganized earthy matter. DUST thou art, and to dust shalt thou return. Genesis 3:14. 4. The grave. For now shall I sleep in the dust Job 7:5. 5. A low condition. God raiseth the poor out of the dust 1 Samuel 2:8. DUST, verb transitive 1. To free from dust; to brush, wipe or sweep away dust; as, to dust a table or a floor. 2. To sprinkle with dust 3. To levigate.