: the situation in which something happens : the group of conditions that exist where and when something happens. 1  We need to look at the event within the larger/broader context of world history. 2  The book puts these events in their proper historical and social contexts. 3  We need to consider these events in context.
Goofer dust. Goofer dust is a traditional hexing material and practice of the African American tradition of hoodoo from the South Eastern region of the United States of America.
Dried rheum is commonly called sleep, sleepy sand, eye goop or sleepy dust. When the individual is awake, blinking of the eyelid causes rheum to be washed away with tears via the nasolacrimal duct. The absence of this action during sleep, however, results in a small amount of dry rheum accumulating in corners of the eye, most notably in children. A number of conditions can increase the production of rheum in the eye.