2. Noun. A patch or application of powder. ¹
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Definition of Powdering
1. powder [v] - See also: powder
Lexicographical Neighbors of Powdering
Literary usage of Powdering
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Microanalysis of Powdered Vegetable Drugs by Albert Schneider (1921)
"CHAPTER V powdering VEGETABLE DRUGS As a rule it is necessary to reduce vegetable
drugs to powders for purposes of extraction and for internal ..."
2. Photo-engraving: A Practical Treatise on the Production of Printing Blocks by Carl Schraubstadter (1892)
"powdering AND ETCHING. Dragon's blood is almost universally used for powdering
the plate. It is a resinous gum, the exudation of several tropical trees. ..."
3. The Early Hanoverians by Edward Ellis Morris (1886)
"The result of the ' powdering' was that the attacking party arrived too late :
the sentinels were being changed, and news of the attempt had meanwhile been ..."
4. Science of Fingerprints: Classification and Uses (1988)
"... CHAPTER XIV powdering and Lifting Latent Impressions The sole purpose
in "developing" a latent impression is to make it visible so that it may be ..."
5. Philosophical Magazine (1830)
"ON powdering PHOSPHORUS. M. Casaseca remarks, that the method of pulverizing
phosphorus, mentioned by all chemical authors, is that of agitation for some ..."
6. A Treatise on pharmacy by Edward Parrish, Thomas S. Wiegand (1884)
"IV/X THEIR COLLECTION AND DESICCATION, AND powdering. TII K plant ¡8 conveniently
divided, fur the purposes of the ..."
7. A complete dictionary of the English languageby Thomas Sheridan by Thomas Sheridan (1797)
"The aft of powdering, it- du it i on to duft or powder. To PULVERIZE, рЫ'-vèr-he.
т.«. ... powdering ..."
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