Dast

Steven Dast and Troy Reeves talked about the UW Digital Collections, specifically oral histories from the Forest Products Lab, which are transcribed, searchable, listenable though mystifyinglyin realaudio and have been getting asurprising amount of traffic.

NCPH roundup 2010

They got within sight of Dast Olo before Talker got through with his description of the last twelve-year of caravan stories, and given that no more than a pair or three of caravans braved the Barrens Road every year, he took a long time telling an awful lot about not much.

Spirit Gate 2006

Dast Olo's villagers were farmers, fishers, or marketers catering to the flow of pilgrims.

Spirit Gate 2006

Dast Olo boasted also a lucky five-set of inns catering to pilgrims.

Spirit Gate 2006

Dast Olo rested on a huge platform that some said was a natural escarpment of rugged rock but which Sapanasu's clerks and the Lady's mendicants claimed was the base of an ancient fortress whose pillars and roof and walls had long ago been obliterated by wind and rain and the passing of years.

Spirit Gate 2006

The path out to the village of Dast Olo led along a raised stone causeway that ran first through grain fields, then through the pond-like dari fields, and finally into the tangle of reed flats and minnow channels that marked the edge of the navigable delta waters.

Spirit Gate 2006

Dast is more common in the negative, as in “He dasn’t do it.

Chapter 9. The Common Speech. 3. The Verb Henry Louis 1921

Dast you hold 'im that-a-way, doctor,' thout no support to 'is spinal colume?

Sonny, a Christmas Guest Ruth McEnery Stuart 1886

It turns out that the king and queen did visit the Indian hospital - on a strictly formal occasion that was, surprise, surprise, exploited for every ounce of propaganda value, to present the Victoria Cross to Mir Dast, along with awards to other soldiers.

The Guardian World News Maev Kennedy 2010

Mir Dast had been gassed at Ypres, where he heroically rescued wounded Indian and British officers under fire.

The Guardian World News Maev Kennedy 2010