dustingn.
/ˈdʌstɪŋ/ 1.
a. The action of dust v.1 in various senses: usually, that of freeing from dust.
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > granular texture > [noun] > state of being powdery > reduction to powder or dust
pulverization1617
dusting1623
pulveration1623
alcoholization1662
powdering1664
levigating1710
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > dusting > [noun]
albation1617
dusting1721
1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. ii Dusting, pulueration.
1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. i Pulueration, a beating into powder.
1721 N. Amhurst Terræ-filius 18 Feb. Dusting of Cushions.
1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) xii. 116 Mrs. Bardell resumed her dusting.
b. The sprinkling of powdered insecticide, fertilizer, etc., on crops, usually from the air. Usually in form crop dusting.
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > [noun] > crop-spraying
dusting1926
crop-spraying1956
1926 H. H. Arnold Airman & Aircraft Index 212 Crop ‘dusting’ by planes.
1930 Flight 17 Oct. 1151/1 11 engaged on crop dusting.
1958 Times Rev. Industry July 76/2 The prototype of the Wirraway war-time trainer, rebuilt for crop-dusting.
c. With adv., as dusting-on.
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1879 Telegraphic Jrnl. 15 Oct. 344/2 The ‘dusting-on’ process [of phosphorescent photography] consists in coating a plate with a preparation of dextrine, honey, and bichromate of ammonia which..becomes hardened..remaining tacky where it is protected from..light.
2. A beating, thrashing; also used by sailors of rough or stormy weather. (colloquial or slang.)
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the world > movement > impact > striking > beating or repeated striking > [noun] > specific object a person
threshingOE
sousingc1580
rib-roast1595
basting1599
swingeing1603
cuffing1610
lamming1611
rib-roasting1613
mauling1621
pinking1637
drubbing1650
diverberation1651
verberation1661
trimming1675
rib1699
thrashing1720
dousing1721
fagging1746
bumping1751
dusting1799
clapperclawing1806
milling1806
hiding1809
punishment1811
doing1814
bethumping1831
mugging1846
jacketing1850
frailing1851
pasting1851
towelling1851
tanning1863
fum-fum1885
ribbing1894
paddywhack1898
tanking1905
beating-up1915
shellacking1931
sloshing1931
clobbering1948
twatting1963
duffing-up1967
society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > [noun] > beating > instance of
threshingOE
fustigation1428
breeching1520
trouncingc1550
bace1575
firking1594
belting1602
knave's grease1602
oil of baston1604
oil of birch1604
oil of hazel1604
oil of holly1604
oil of whip1604
lamb-pie1607
lamming1611
drubbing1650
vapulation1656
warming1681
floggation1688
working over1695
cullis1719
thrashing1720
halberd1756
licking1756
dressing1769
leathering1790
nointing1794
dusting1799
teasing1807
hiding1809
whopping1812
thrumming1823
toco1823
flaking1829
teaser1832
lathering1835
welting1840
pasting1851
towelling1851
whaling1852
hickory oil1855
swishing1859
slating1860
going-over1881
six of the best1912
belt beating1928
ass-kicking1943
stomping1958
seeing to1968
butt-kicking1970
the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > bad weather > [noun] > stormy weather > an experience of
dusting1799
1799 Naval Chron. 2 542 They did not venture a dusting with the Naiad.
1821 Sporting Mag. 7 285 So his men fac'd about..and gave all the rogues a good dusting.
1895 Daily News 14 Sept. 6/4 When we got beyond the shelter of the islands we should have a rough time of it—what the skipper calls ‘a dusting’.
Compounds
C1. attributive and in other combinations. Used for dusting, as dusting-brush, dusting-cloth, etc.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > dusting > [noun] > implements
dusting-cloth1667
dust-cloth1727
dustera1748
dustpan1785
feather-duster1858
selvyt1891
plumet1902
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > brushing or sweeping > [noun] > brush or broom
besomc1000
bast broom1357
brush1377
broom14..
sweepc1475
duster1575
bristle brush1601
broom-besom1693
flag-broom1697
stock-brush1700
whisk1745
birch-broom1747
hair-broom1753
spry1796
corn-broomc1810
pope's head1824
whisker1825
sweeping-brusha1828
swish1844
spoke-brush1851
whisk broom1857
Turk's head1859
wisp1875
tube-brush1877
bass-broom?1881
crumb-brush1884
dusting-brush1907
palmetto brush1913
suede brush1915
swale1949
1667 Hist. Making Gunpowder in T. Sprat Hist. Royal-Soc. 281 A Bin, over which the Sieve is shaken, called the Dusting-Bin.
1697 N. Cox Gentleman's Recreation (ed. 4) v. iii. 25 Your Curry-combs, Brushes, Dusting-cloaths, Oyntments.
1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. I. 101 The Feathers..made into dusting-brooms.
1907 Yesterday's Shopping (1969) 358/1 Typewriter sundries... Dusting Brushes.
C2.
dusting-colours n. colours in the form of powder to be dusted over adhesive varnish.
dusting-powder n. a powder, usually antiseptic, for dusting over wounds, etc.; also = talcum powder n. at talcum n. Compounds.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the skin or complexion > [noun] > preparations for the skin or complexion > powders > scented
damask powder?a1547
sweet-powder1573
diapasm1616
pulvilio1675
pulvila1685
foo-foo1880
talcum powder1901
dusting-powder1907
talcum1908
talc1938
1907 Yesterday's Shopping (1969) 506/1 Dusting Powder for wounds..tin 0/10½.
1926 Toilet Goods Economist 12 June 59 Bath salts, face powders, dusting powders.
1947 E. H. Young Chatterton Square xxiii. 158 She had bathed and changed and smelt faintly of dusting powder.
1951 ‘J. Tey’ Daughter of Time i. 11 The Midget smelt of lavender dusting powder.
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dustingadj.
That dusts: see dust v.1
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1890 Spectator 27 Sept. Partridges are a good example of the dusting birds, and are most careful in the selection of their dust-baths.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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