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Coined money; cash. Down with the dust, deposit the cash; paydown the money. [Slang] "My lord, quoth the king, presently deposityour hundred pounds in gold, or else no going hence all the days ofyour life. . . . The Abbot down with his dust, and glad he escapedso, returned to Reading." Fuller.-- Dust brand (Bot.), a fungous plant (Ustilago Carbo); -- calledalso smut.-- Gold dust, fine particles of gold, such as are obtained in placermining; -- often used as money, being transferred by weight.-- In dust and ashes. See under Ashes.-- To bite the dust. See under Bite, v. t.-- To raise, or kick up, dust, to make a commotion. [Colloq.] -- Tothrow dust in one's eyes, to mislead; to deceive. [Colloq.]