Definition of Pouldre

1. powder [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pouldre

pouk
pouke
poukes
pouking
poukit
pouks
poulaine
poulaines
poulard
poularde
poulardes
poulards
pouldavis
poulder
poulders
pouldre (current term)
pouldres
pouldron
pouldrons
poule
poules
poulet
poulette
poulp
poulpe
poulpes
poulps
poult
poulter
poulter's measure

Literary usage of Pouldre

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1885)
"F. pied, foot, from L. pedem, ace. of pes ; OF pouldre, ... to cover with dust, from pouldre, dust ; see powder, under Pulverise. pioneer, a soldier who ..."

2. Miscellanies of the Philobiblon Society by Philobiblon Society (Great Britain) (1863)
"... d'entr'eulx l'a veue manier drogue ou pouldre quelconques, ... de la pouldre de Cypre. XIII. ..."

3. A Glossary of Tudor and Stuart Words: Especially from the Dramatists by Walter William Skeat, Anthony Lawson Mayhew (1914)
"91. pouldre, to beat into powder or dust. Spenser, FQ i. 7. 12 ; to spot, id., iii. 2. 25. OF. pouldre (F.poudre). ..."

4. A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1885)
"F. pied, foot, from L. pedem, ace. of pes ; OF pouldre, ... to cover with dust, from pouldre, dust ; see powder, under Pulverise. pioneer, a soldier who ..."

5. Miscellanies of the Philobiblon Society by Philobiblon Society (Great Britain) (1863)
"... d'entr'eulx l'a veue manier drogue ou pouldre quelconques, ... de la pouldre de Cypre. XIII. ..."

6. A Glossary of Tudor and Stuart Words: Especially from the Dramatists by Walter William Skeat, Anthony Lawson Mayhew (1914)
"91. pouldre, to beat into powder or dust. Spenser, FQ i. 7. 12 ; to spot, id., iii. 2. 25. OF. pouldre (F.poudre). ..."

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