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dusty
(encz) | dusty,zaprášený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
dusty
(gcide) | dusty \dust"y\ (d[u^]st"[y^]), a. [Compar. Dustier
(d[u^]st"[i^]*[~e]r); superl. Dustiest
(d[u^]st"[i^]*[e^]st).] [AS. dystig. See Dust.]
1. Filled, covered, or sprinkled with dust; clouded with
dust; as, a dusty table; a dusty attic; also, reducing to
dust.
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And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. --Shak.
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2. Like dust; of the color of dust; as, a dusty white.
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Dusty miller (Bot.), a plant (Cineraria maritima); -- so
called because of the ashy-white coating of its leaves.
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dusty
(wn) | dusty
adj 1: covered with a layer of dust; "a dusty pile of books"
[syn: dusty, dust-covered]
2: lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new; "moth-
eaten theories about race"; "stale news" [syn: cold,
stale, dusty, moth-eaten] |
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dusty miller
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Dusty miller
(gcide) | dusty \dust"y\ (d[u^]st"[y^]), a. [Compar. Dustier
(d[u^]st"[i^]*[~e]r); superl. Dustiest
(d[u^]st"[i^]*[e^]st).] [AS. dystig. See Dust.]
1. Filled, covered, or sprinkled with dust; clouded with
dust; as, a dusty table; a dusty attic; also, reducing to
dust.
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And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. --Shak.
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2. Like dust; of the color of dust; as, a dusty white.
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Dusty miller (Bot.), a plant (Cineraria maritima); -- so
called because of the ashy-white coating of its leaves.
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dusty miller
(wn) | dusty miller
n 1: shrubby perennial of the Canary Islands having white
flowers and leaves and hairy stems covered with dustlike
down; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum [syn: {dusty
miller}, silver-lace, silver lace, {Tanacetum
ptarmiciflorum}, Chrysanthemum ptarmiciflorum]
2: stiff much-branched perennial of the Mediterranean region
having very white woolly stems and leaves [syn: {dusty
miller}, Senecio cineraria, Cineraria maritima]
3: a plant having leaves and stems covered with down that
resembles dust [syn: dusty miller, Centaurea cineraria,
Centaurea gymnocarpa]
4: herb with greyish leaves found along the east coast of North
America; used as an ornamental plant [syn: dusty miller,
beach wormwood, old woman, Artemisia stelleriana]
5: an old cottage garden plant of southeastern Europe widely
cultivated for its attractive white woolly foliage and showy
crimson flowers [syn: mullein pink, rose campion,
gardener's delight, dusty miller, Lychnis coronaria] |
dusty deck
(foldoc) | dusty deck
Old software (especially applications) which one is obliged to
remain compatible with, or to maintain. DP types call this
"legacy code", a term hackers consider smarmy and excessively
reverent. The term implies that the software in question is a
holdover from card-punch days. Used especially when referring
to old scientific and number crunching software, much of
which was written in Fortran and very poorly documented but is
believed to be too expensive to replace. See fossil;
compare crawling horror.
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dusty deck
(jargon) | dusty deck
n.
Old software (especially applications) which one is obliged to remain
compatible with, or to maintain (DP types call this legacy code, a term
hackers consider smarmy and excessively reverent). The term implies that
the software in question is a holdover from card-punch days. Used esp. when
referring to old scientific and number-crunching software, much of which
was written in FORTRAN and very poorly documented but is believed to be too
expensive to replace. See fossil; compare crawling horror.
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