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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Powder \Pow"der\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Powdered}; p. pr & vb
n. {Powdering}.] [F. poudrer.]
1. To reduce to fine particles; to pound, grind, or rub into
a powder; to comminute; to pulverize; to triturate.
2. To sprinkle with powder, or as with powder; to be
sprinkle; as to powder the hair.
A circling zone thou seest Powdered with stars.
--Milton.
3. To sprinkle with salt; to corn, as meat. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Powdering \Pow"der*ing\,
a. & n. from {Powder}, v. t.
{Powdering tub}.
a A tub or vessel in which meat is corned or salted.
b A heated tub in which an infected lecher was placed for
cure. [Obs.] --Shak.
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