Dousting vs Dusting - What's the difference?
dousting | dusting |
(obsolete, West Country) A beating, a .
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(obsolete, mining, chiefly, Cornish) A process for separating the dust from ore.
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A light snowfall.
A light covering of something.
The act of removing dust from, as a household chore.
* (Francis Hopkinson Smith), Peter: A Novel of Which He Is Not the Hero
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As verbs the difference between dousting and dusting
is that dousting is while dusting is .As nouns the difference between dousting and dusting
is that dousting is (obsolete|west country) a beating, a while dusting is a light snowfall.dousting
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(en noun)dusting
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(en noun)- Cover the cake with a dusting of confectioner's sugar.
- Tuesday is the day when I do the dusting .
- Strict orders had been given by Mrs. Breen the night before that certain dustings and arrangings of furniture should take place, the spacious stairs swept, and the hectic hired palms in their great china pots watered.