ˈpin-dust
Dust formed of filings of brass or other metal produced in the manufacture of pins.
| 1552 Huloet, Pynne dust, peripsema, psegma. 1593 G. Harvey Pierce's Super. Wks. (Grosart) II. 239 Him that can bray the Asse-drumme in a morter; and stampe his Iewes-trumpe to Pindust. 1624 Capt. Smith Virginia 58 A claie sand so mingled with yeallow spangles as it had beene halfe pindust. 1668 H. More Div. Dial. iii. xxxiii. (1713) 268 Those little fix'd Stars that shew but as scattered Pin-dust in a frosty night. 1827 Hor. Smith Tor Hill (1838) II. 283 Pindust, and fine gilt paper. |