Definition for "Dust"

Stop!
for thy tread is on an empire's dust.

2. A single particle of earth or other matter. [R.] “To touch a dust of England's ground.” Shak.

3. The earth, as the resting place of the dead.

For now shall sleep in the dust.

4. The earthy remains of bodies once alive; the remains of the human body.

And you may carve a shrine about my dust.

5. Figuratively, a worthless thing.

And by the merit of vile gold, dross, dust.

6. Figuratively, a low or mean condition.

[God] raiseth up the poor out of the dust.

7. Gold dust; hence: (Slang) Coined money; cash.

Down with the dust, deposit the cash; pay down the money. [Slang] “My lord, quoth the king, presently deposit your hundred pounds in gold, or else no going hence all the days of your life. . . . The Abbot down with his dust, and glad he escaped so, returned to Reading.” Fuller.
Dust brand (Bot.), a fungous plant (Ustilago Carbo);
called also smut.
Gold dust, fine particles of gold, such as are obtained in placer mining;
often used as money, being transferred by weight.
In dust and ashes. See under ****.
To bite the dust. See under ****, v. t.
To raise dust, or To kick up dust, to make a commotion. [Colloq.]
To throw dust in one's eyes, to mislead; to deceive. [Colloq.]