'Down with the dust' definitions:
Definition of 'Down with the dust'
From: GCIDE
- Dust \Dust\ (d[u^]st), n. [AS. dust; cf. LG. dust, D. duist meal dust, OD. doest, donst, and G. dunst vapor, OHG. tunist, dunist, a blowing, wind, Icel. dust dust, Dan. dyst mill dust; perh. akin to L. fumus smoke, E. fume. [root]71.]
- 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 to minute portions; fine powder; as, clouds of dust; bone dust. [1913 Webster]
- Dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. --Gen. iii. 19. [1913 Webster]
- Stop! -- for thy tread is on an empire's dust. --Byron. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A single particle of earth or other matter. [R.] "To touch a dust of England's ground." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. The earth, as the resting place of the dead. [1913 Webster]
- For now shall sleep in the dust. --Job vii. 21. [1913 Webster]
- 4. The earthy remains of bodies once alive; the remains of the human body. [1913 Webster]
- And you may carve a shrine about my dust. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
- 5. Figuratively, a worthless thing. [1913 Webster]
- And by the merit of vile gold, dross, dust. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 6. Figuratively, a low or mean condition. [1913 Webster]
- [God] raiseth up the poor out of the dust. --1 Sam. ii. 8. [1913 Webster]
- 7. Gold dust; hence: (Slang) Coined money; cash. [1913 Webster]
- 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 dust, or
- To kick up dust, to make a commotion. [Colloq.]
- To throw dust in one's eyes, to mislead; to deceive. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Down with the dust'
- Dust,
- Dusted,
- Dusting,
- Bone dust,
- Brick dust,
- Copple dust,
- Cupel dust,
- Dust brand,
- Fig dust,
- Fonder's dust,
- Gold dust,
- In dust and ashes,
- Malt dust,
- Rag dust,
- To beat the dust,
- To bite the dust,
- To kick up dust,
- To lick the dust,
- To raise dust,
- angel dust,
- bite the dust,
- chalk dust,
- cosmic dust,
- diamond dust,
- dust bag,
- dust bowl,
- dust cloud,
- dust coat,
- dust contamination,
- dust cover,
- dust devil,
- dust jacket,
- dust mop,
- dust sheet,
- dust storm,
- dust wrapper,
- dusting powder,
- hell dust,
- interplanetary dust,
- radioactive dust,
- To dust one's jacket,
- crop-dusting,
- dust-back,
- dust-covered,
- dust-point,
- To throw dust in one's eyes,
- dust-back pitch