The Century dictionary and cyclopedia; a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge, with a new atlas of the world .. . un,& pyonys potedered ay hetwcne. Allitcraliec Ioeirvi (ed. Morris), i. 41. n. intrans. 1. To fall to dust; be reducedto powder.—2. To apply powder to the hair orface; use powder in tho toilet. The Deacon . . went to the barbers, where the b|. weekly operation of shaving and pmrdrriiui was performed. *•. ./add, Margaret, il. »^ i .. *? K. physician (died 177(1), composed of tantimony oxid. The phrase Is oftipowder, -Jesuitspowder. SeeJe«wt*.-. Knoxs pow- dise
The Century dictionary and cyclopedia; a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge, with a new atlas of the world .. . un,& pyonys potedered ay hetwcne. Allitcraliec Ioeirvi (ed. Morris), i. 41. n. intrans. 1. To fall to dust; be reducedto powder.—2. To apply powder to the hair orface; use powder in tho toilet. The Deacon . . went to the barbers, where the b|. weekly operation of shaving and pmrdrriiui was performed. *•. ./add, Margaret, il. »^ i .. *? K. physician (died 177(1), composed of tantimony oxid. The phrase Is oftipowder, -Jesuitspowder. SeeJe«wt*.-. Knoxs pow- diseased part.—2. A stuall bellows, or com- t^lh or iHlh tentury ; powder-gun powder-gTin (i»ouder-guii), u. An instrument for (liffusing (poutier-horn), «. A powder-iiask made of horn, usually the horn of an oxor eow, the larger end fitted with a wooden ormetal bottom, and the small end with a mov-able stopper or some special device for mea-suring out a charge of powder. Whenever gun-powder has been used for loading apart from cartridgesand the like, powder-horns have been common. See cuton preceding page. The father bought a poivder-hnrn, and an almanac, anda couib-case; the mother a great fruztower, and a fatamber necklace. Congreve, Old Batchelor, iv. 8. powder-hose (pouder-hoz), H. Atube of stronglinen tilled witli a combustible compound, usedfor tiring mines; a fuse. powderiness (iiouder-i-nes), H. The state orproperty of l>eing powdery, or of being dividedinto minute particles; resemblance to powder;pulverulence. powde
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