dust bath
1dust-bath — dustˈ bath noun The action of birds in rubbing dust into their feathers, probably to get rid of parasites • • • Main Entry: ↑dust …
2Dust bath — A house sparrow having a dust bath A horse rolling in sand …
3dust bath — /ˈdʌst baθ/ (say dust bahth) noun 1. the practice adopted by a bird of forcing dust through its feathers, as a control against parasites. 2. a similar application of dust by some mammals, as the elephant, chinchilla and llama …
4dust bath — noun a bird s rolling in dust to clean its feathers …
5dust — n. & v. n. 1 a finely powdered earth, dirt, etc., lying on the ground or on surfaces, and blown about by the wind. b fine powder of any material (pollen dust; gold dust). c a cloud of dust. 2 a dead person s remains (honoured dust). 3 confusion… …
6Bath School disaster — Infobox terrorist attack title=Bath School Disaster caption=Bath Consolidated School after the bombing location=Bath Township, Michigan, United States date=May 18, 1927 type=Shooting, explosives, suicide bombing, fire weapons=Rifle, pyrotol,… …
7Bath brick — Brick Brick (br[i^]k), n. [OE. brik, F. brique; of Ger. origin; cf. AS. brice a breaking, fragment, Prov. E. brique piece, brique de pain, equiv. to AS. hl[=a]fes brice, fr. the root of E. break. See {Break}.] 1. A block or clay tempered with… …
8BATH`URST — 1) (8), the capital of British Gambia, at the mouth of the river Gambia, in Western Africa; inhabited chiefly by negroes; exports palm oil, ivory, gold dust, &c. 2) (10), the principal town on the western slopes of New South Wales, second… …
9Spa bath — Note that the term spa bath can also refer to a spa or hot tub. A spa bath basin of water having a temperature of up to 45 degrees Celsius (#expr: 45 *9/5+32 Fahrenheit), containing salts, herbal extracts or herbal oils, in which the hands, feet… …
10Brick dust — Brick Brick (br[i^]k), n. [OE. brik, F. brique; of Ger. origin; cf. AS. brice a breaking, fragment, Prov. E. brique piece, brique de pain, equiv. to AS. hl[=a]fes brice, fr. the root of E. break. See {Break}.] 1. A block or clay tempered with… …
