Dusty \Dust"y\, a. [Compar. Dustier; superl. Dustiest.]
[AS.
dystig. See Dust.]
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 color of dust; as a dusty white.
Dusty miller (Bot.), a plant (Cineraria maritima); -- so
called because of the ashy-white coating of its leaves.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |