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bes, in the front end of which are fixed plain glasses for protecting the eyes from cold, dust, etc.

gold. Shak. Age of gold. See Golden age, under Golden. -- Dutch gold, Fool's gold, Gold dust, etc. See under Dutch, Dust, etc. -- Gold amalgam, a mineral, found in Columbia and California, composed of gold and mercury. -- Gold beater, one whose occupation is to beat gold into gold leaf. -- Gold beater's skin, the…

Small grains or dust of cochineal or the coccus insect.

red by justice. We mistake the gratuitous blessings of Heaven for the fruits of our own industry. L'Estrange.

A dark brown powder containing iron, prepared by the action of zinc dust as a reducing agent upon the coloring matter of the blood, used medicinally as a hematinic.

An explosive mixture, consisting of sawdust, charcoal, niter, and ferrocyanide of potassium, used as a substitute for gunpowder.

accumulate; -- usually with up; as, to heap up treasures. Though he heap up silver as the dust. Job. xxvii. 16.

sition and character; as, a good, tender, loving, bad, hard, or selfish heart. Hearts are dust, hearts' loves remain. Emerson.

The name given by Europeans to that form of the Hindustani language which is chiefly spoken by native Hindoos. In employs the Devanagari character, in which Sanskrit is written. Whitworth.

he confused noise of a crowd or of machinery, etc., heard at a distance; as, the hum of industry. But 'midst the crowd, the hum, the shock of men. Byron.

Not disposed to action or effort; not diligent or industrious; not busy; idle; as, an inactive officer.

ouraging or moving; rousing to action; stimulative. Competency is the most incentive to industry. Dr. H. More.

A work of art or of human industry, of an early epoch; especially, a book printed before A. D. 1500.

ter, as air, in order to protect the lungs from inhaling damp or cold air, noxious gases, dust, etc.; also, the respiratory apparatus for divers.

iate mankind into the useful knowledge of her treasures, leaving the rest to employ our industry. Dr. H. More. To initiate his pupil into any part of learning, an ordinary skill in the governor is enough. Locke.

An insulating material, usually some variety of compressed cellulose, made of sawdust, paper pulp, cotton waste, etc.

n, formed in London in 1864, which has for object the promotion of the interests of the industrial classes of all nations.

Of, or made of iron; consisting of iron; as, an iron bar, dust.

Industrial Workers of the World (the name of two American labor organizations, one of which advocates syndicalism).

an inner and an outer cylinder, or between a casing and a receptacle, as a kettle. -- To dust one's jacket, to give one a beating. [Colloq.]