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dust [dəst] (geology) Dry solid matter of silt and clay size (less than ยน⁄₁₆ millimeter). (physics) A loose term applied to solid particles predominantly larger than colloidal size and capable of temporary gas suspension. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Just because they didn't carry the Red Cross seal of approval like the Sixers, just because in the first three rounds they had been the broom and not the dust balls, sweeping their rivals by an average of 16. Housework, said the doctoral candidates in etymology, was an arena of sex hatred because dust balls under the furniture were called "slut's wool" in seventeenth-century Yorkshire. An at-home dad doesn't get immediate rewards for successfully bleaching out Garden Patch Dinner stains (another disgusting baby food flavor) or vacuuming dust balls from under the bed. |
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