Dousting
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Dousting is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of doust.
Meaning
present participle and gerund of doust.
More Meanings
- (obsolete, West Country) A beating, a dusting.
- (obsolete, mining, chiefly Cornwall) A process for separating the dust from ore.
Example Sentences
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.”
Word Forms
- doustings
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include doust, dustup, dowst, douth, dustie, daud.
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