bedustv.
/bɪˈdʌst/ transitive. To cover with dust.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > dirtiness or soiling with specific kinds of dirt > dirty or soil with specific kinds of dirt [verb (transitive)] > make dusty
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1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 445/2 You have bedusted your shoes.
a1680 T. Goodwin Wks. (1704) V. iii. 124 They..suffer their Hearts and Lives to lie bedusted.
Derivatives
beˈdusted adj.
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1839 J. Ballantine in Whistle-Binkie 2nd Ser. 51 Lang Miller Geordie, wi' meal a' bedusted.
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