malt dust

noun

Fine particles of malt, or of the grain used in making malt; used as a fertilizer.

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Meanings

nounmalt dust (uncountable)
  1. uncountableFine particles of malt, or of the grain used in making malt; used as a fertilizer.

    Malt dust consists chiefly of the infant radicle separated from the grain. I have never made any experiment upon this manure; but there is great reason to suppose it must contain saccharine matter; and this will account for its powerful effects.

    1813, Sir Humphry Davy, Elements of Agricultural Chemistry in a Course of Lectures
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