What does dousting mean?
Dousting means present participle and gerund of doust.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
present participle and gerund of doust.
Bottrell, William (1880), Stories and Folklore of West Cornwall: “"For they'll get a mayn dousting when ever they coam."”
Lock, Charles George Warnford (1895), Economic mining: a practical handbook for the miner, the metallurgist and the merchant: “Dry winnowing or "dousting" is useful where the ore is more friable than the ganguo, eg the chalcopyrite and erubescite at the Capo copper-mines, Namaqualand.”
Use dousting when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Dousting means present participle and gerund of doust.
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Bottrell, William (1880), Stories and Folklore of West Cornwall: “"For they'll get a mayn dousting when ever they coam."”
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