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noun

pulverized diamonds, used as an abrasive.

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Origin of diamond dust

First recorded in 1695–1705

In doing so, they found zinc atoms that harden and sharpen the tooth, like diamond dust on a blade.
Surprise: Ants have teeth. Here’s how they keep them sharp.|Rahul Rao|September 9, 2021|Popular-Science
Estee Lauder has not crumbled to dust because the perfect brown face of Joan Smalls represents it.
One Vogue Cover Doesn’t Solve Fashion’s Big Race Problem|Danielle Belton|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Moreover, trucks, dust, and boomtown stress are the effects of any large-scale industrial activity.
New York’s Conservative Fracking Ban|Jay Michaelson|December 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
That is a lot of air pollution, noise, and yet more kicking up of dust.
New York’s Conservative Fracking Ban|Jay Michaelson|December 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Diamond Street, for instance, was one of the original players in the zoot suit riots in 1942.
The Mexican Mafia Is the Daddy of All Street Gangs|Seth Ferranti|December 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Elderly women played Triple Double Diamond and Tiki Magic while they chain-smoked.
I Watched a Casino Kill Itself: The Awful Last Nights of Atlantic City’s Taj Mahal|Olivia Nuzzi|December 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In the aperture of the window, amid piles of paper, stood a rickety old table, covered with dust.
Hilda Lessways|Arnold Bennett
It was little better than coal dust, and would not carry a ball fifty paces to kill or wound.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
Never mind the dust; I've turned it on to make believe we're going tremendously fast.
Davy and The Goblin|Charles E. Carryl
He laid it upon the floor, and took out a plaster mask, and brushing and blowing off the saw-dust, held it up.
Checkmate|Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
When the smoke and dust cleared away nothing stirred on the whole of that piece of ground.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton