01 a. Filled, covered, or sprinkled with dust; clouded with dust; as, a dusty table; a dusty attic; also, reducing to dust.
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Filled, covered, or sprinkled with dust; clouded with dust; as, a dusty table; a dusty attic; also, reducing to dust.“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.
Phrases & compounds
Dusty miller —
a plant (Cineraria maritima); -- so called because of the ashy-white coating of its leaves.