dustwardadv.
/ˈdʌstwəd/ Towards the dust; towards death or the grave.Apparently an isolated use.
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hencea1225
to (one's) deathwarda1398
hynea1400
at death's door1515
home1561
deathward1646
deathwards1727
dustward1847
1847 J. R. Lowell in Liberty Bell 241 This fruitless husk which dustward dries Has been a heart once, has been young.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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adv.1847- to have a thing with a person
- to have a throw at
- to have a tiger by the tail
- to have a tile loose
- to have a tin ear
- to have a tough etc row to hoe
- to have a tough hard row to hoe
- to have a tough long row to hoe
- to have a tough row to hoe
- to have a voice in
- to have a want
- to have a way of
- to have a way with
- to have a way with one
- to have a way with words
- to have a white feather in one's tail
- to have a white feather in one's wing
- to have a white head and a green tail
- to have a whitey
- to have a will of one's own
- to have a wise head on one's shoulders
- to have a wise head upon one's shoulders
- to have a wold
- to have a woman's maidenhead
- to have a word