Doust

Quick meaning: Doust is a noun meaning (obsolete, West Country) Dust.

Meaning

(obsolete, West Country) Dust.

More Meanings

1. (obsolete, West Country) To extinguish, to destroy, to kill.
2. (obsolete, West Country) To dust.
3. (obsolete, mining, chiefly Cornwall) To separate dust from ore.

Example Sentences

Clynton, Richard (1889), The Life of a Celebrated Buccaneer: “Look at me, mates! The glim of one of my skylights is dousted, and is battened down for ever.”

Havergal, Francis Tebbs (1887), Herefordshire words & phrases, colloquial and archaic, about 1300 in number, current in the county: “"Him hit Jack on his head, it nearly dousted him."”

[...] the Duke of Dorset charged in the list with "not known, but supposed forty thousand per year" (charitable supposition) had when formerly in office only about 3 or £4,000, and has not now, nor when the black list was printed, any office whatever -- (Much tumult, and cries of "shame" and "doust the liars")

Fussel, E.F. (1867), Medical Times and Gazette, page 420: “"[...] I wished the above system of drainage to be carried out, but I met with this response from an official, in many matters a man entitled to the greatest consideration:- "I found that sort of thing at a house the other day, and I soon dousted it."”

Word Forms

• dousts
• dousting
• dousted

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include dousting, dustie, douth, dowst, dust, duster.

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