| − | # {{archaic|West Country}} A beating, a [[dusting#Noun|dusting]]. | + | # {{obsolete|West Country}} A beating, a [[dusting#Noun|dusting]]. |
| | #* {{cite-book|year=1880|author=Bottrell, William|title=Stories and Folklore of West Cornwall|passage="For they'll get a mayn dousting when ever they coam."}} | | #* {{cite-book|year=1880|author=Bottrell, William|title=Stories and Folklore of West Cornwall|passage="For they'll get a mayn dousting when ever they coam."}} |
| | #* {{cite-book|year=1895|author=Lock, Charles George Warnford|title=Economic mining: a practical handbook for the miner, the metallurgist and the merchant|passage=Dry winnowing or "dousting" is useful where the ore is more friable than the ganguo, eg the chalcopyrite and erubescite at the Capo copper-mines, Namaqualand.}} | | #* {{cite-book|year=1895|author=Lock, Charles George Warnford|title=Economic mining: a practical handbook for the miner, the metallurgist and the merchant|passage=Dry winnowing or "dousting" is useful where the ore is more friable than the ganguo, eg the chalcopyrite and erubescite at the Capo copper-mines, Namaqualand.}} |
