| dusty | 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 colour of dust; as a dusty white. <botany> Dusty miller, a plant (Cineraria maritima); so called because of the ashy-white coating of its leaves. Origin: AS. Dystig. See Dust. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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