Hypertext Webster Gateway: "dusting"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Dust \Dust\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dusted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Dusting}.]
1. To free from dust; to brush, wipe, or sweep away dust
from; as, to dust a table or a floor.
2. To sprinkle with dust.
3. To reduce to a fine powder; to levigate. --Sprat.
{To dyst one's jacket}, to give one a flogging. [Slang.]
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