Dust"y (?), a. [Compar. Dustier (?); superl. Dustiest (?).] [AS. dystig. See Dust.]

1.

Filled, covered, or sprinkled with dust; clouded with dust; as, a dusty table; also, reducing to dust.

And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. Shak.

2.

Like dust; of the color of dust; as a dusty white.

Dusty miller Bot., a plant (Cineraria maritima); -- so called because of the ashy-white coating of its leaves.

 

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