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