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adust
/əˈdʌst/
adj 3
Collocations
2ADJ.
long, tired
PREP.
with
Definitions
adj
1
Abnormally dark or over-concentrated (associated with various states of discomfort or illness, specifically being too hot or dry).
From melancholy aduſt ariſes one kind [of humour]; from Choler another, which is moſt brutiſh: another from Flegme, which is dull; and the laſt from Blood, which is beſt.
[S]o in fevers and hot diſtempers from choler aduſt is cauſed a blackneſſe in our tongues, teeth and excretions: […]
2
Hot and dry; thirsty or parched.
He was tired and adust with long riding; but he did not go home.
3
Burnt or having a scorched colour.
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From melancholy aduſt ariſes one kind [of humour]; from Choler another, which is moſt brutiſh: another from Flegme, which is dull; and the laſt from Blood, which is beſt.
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[S]o in fevers and hot diſtempers from choler aduſt is cauſed a blackneſſe in our tongues, teeth and excretions: […]
Wiktionary03
He was tired and adust with long riding; but he did not go home.
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