* holy water.
   That is, water from the laver; called holy, because separated
   from common to sacred uses.  This is the most ancient account
   of the trial by ordeal, which obtained so generally among
   various nations; and it was calculated to fortify the minds
   of the Israelitish women in the hour of temptation, and to
   render them watchful against all occasions of exciting
   suspicion in the breasts of their husbands.

  19:2-9  Ex 30:18 
 * of the dust.
  Job 2:12  Jer 17:13  La 3:29  Joh 8:6,8