Dustier

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  dusty \dust"y\ (d[u^]st"[y^]), a. [Compar. {Dustier}
     (d[u^]st"[i^]*[~e]r); superl. {Dustiest}
     (d[u^]st"[i^]*[e^]st).] [AS. dystig. See {Dust}.]
     1. Filled, covered, or sprinkled with dust; clouded with
        dust; as, a dusty table; a dusty attic; also, reducing to
        dust.


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              And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
              The way to dusty death.               --Shak.
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     2. Like dust; of the color of dust; as, a dusty white.
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     {Dusty miller} (Bot.), a plant ({Cineraria maritima}); -- so
        called because of the ashy-white coating of its leaves.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  dusty
       adj : covered with a layer of dusty; "a dusty pile of books" [syn:
              {dust-covered}]
       [also: {dustiest}, {dustier}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  dustier
       See {dusty}