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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ADUST', a. [L. adustus, burnt, the participle of aduro, to burn.]
Burnt; scorched; become dry by heat; hot and fiery.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight; "a vast desert all adust"; "land lying baked in the heat"; "parched soil"; "the earth was scorched and bare"; "sunbaked salt flats" [syn: adust, baked, parched, scorched, sunbaked]
2: burned brown by the sun; "of an adust complexion"- Sir Walter Scott

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Latin adustus, past participle of adurere to set fire to, from ad- + urere to burn — more at ember Date: 15th century 1. scorched, burned 2. archaic of a sunburned appearance 3. archaic of a gloomy appearance or disposition

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Adust A*dust", a. [L. adustus, p. p. of adurere: cf. F. aduste.] 1. Inflamed or scorched; fiery. ``The Libyan air adust.'' --Milton. 2. Looking as if or scorched; sunburnt. A tall, thin man, of an adust complexion. --Sir W. Scott. 3. (Med.) Having much heat in the constitution and little serum in the blood. [Obs.] Hence: Atrabilious; sallow; gloomy.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Burned, scorched, fiery, parched, dried up, shrivelled, brown, bronzed.