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gold dust, ˈgold-dust
1. Gold in extremely fine particles, the form in which it is commonly obtained in a natural state.
1703Lond. Gaz. No. 3886/2, 80 Pound weight of Gold Dust. 1705W. Bosman Guinea 81 Dust-Gold, or Gold-Dust..almost as fine as Flower. 1879H. George Progr. & Pov. i. iii. (1881) 55 Gold dust passed as currency by weight.
fig.1837H. Martineau Soc. Amer. II. 368 The day will come when their eyes will be cleansed from the gold-dust which blinds them.
2. Bot. A popular name of Alyssum saxatile, which bears a profusion of small yellow flowers. Also of Sedum acre (Britten & Holland 1879).
1866in Treas. Bot. 539/2. |