dust fungi

A name often given to the Fungals of the sub-order Myxo gas teres. They are found chiefly in tan-pits. dust-man, 8. One whose occupation is to remove dust, ashes, and other refuse from houses, streets, . "The dust -man's cart offends thy clothes and eyes, When through the street a cloud of ashes flies." dust-pan, 8. Gay: Trivia. A domestic utensil for catching dust, doust, douste, da t, [AS. dust, crumbs, lint, or dust, as they may be brushed from cogn. with Icel. dust =dust; Dan. duist =fine meal; Dut. dyst . Cf. also Sw. & Dan. dunst vapor, steam; Goth. dauns =odor; O. H. Ger. tunst, Ger. dunst= vapor, fine dust; Lat. fum us smoke. ( Skeat .)] IMG:content-0663.png:[blocks in formation] *(5) Anything utterly worthle . "Vile gold, dro , dust ."- Shakesp .: King John, iii. 1. *(6) A confusion or obscuration of the true facts, or state of affairs, as in a struggle the competitors are obscured by the dust arising. "Great contest follows, and much learned dust." Cowper: Task, iii. 161. (7) Money (colloq.); as in the phrase, Down with the dust. "The abbot down with his dust , and glad he escaped 80."-Fuller: Church Hist ., vi. 299. II. Bot .: The pollen of the anther. (1) Dust and ashes: Extreme penitence and humility. "Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and shes." Job xlii. 6. a table-cloth or carpet. dust-point, s. An old rural game, probably the same as PUSH-PIN (q. v.). "He looks Like a great school-boy, that has been blown up Last night at dust-point." Beaum, & Flet.: Captain , iii. 3. dust-shot, s. The smallest size of shot. dust (1), v. t. & i. [DUST, 8.] A. Transitive: Dutch