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(1):

(n.) An explosive mixture used in gunnery, blasting, etc.; gunpowder. See Gunpowder.

(2):

(n.) The fine particles to which any dry substance is reduced by pounding, grinding, or triturating, or into which it falls by decay; dust.

(3):

(v. t.) To sprinkle with salt; to corn, as meat.

(4):

(v. i.) To be reduced to powder; to become like powder; as, some salts powder easily.

(5):

(v. t.) To reduce to fine particles; to pound, grind, or rub into a powder; to comminute; to pulverize; to triturate.

(6):

(v. t.) To sprinkle with powder, or as with powder; to be sprinkle; as, to powder the hair.

(7):

(v. i.) To use powder on the hair or skin; as, she paints and powders.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Powder'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/powder.html. 1828.
 
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