Definition of powder

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

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Powdered :: Powdered (a.) Same as Seme.
Poudre :: Poudre (n.) Dust; powder.
Jalap :: "Jalap (n.) The tubers of the Mexican plant Ipomoea purga (or Exogonium purga), a climber much like the morning-glory. The abstract, extract, and powder, prepared from the tubers, are well known purgative medicines. Other species of Ipomoea yield several inferior kinds of jalap, as the I. Orizabensis, and I. tuberosa..
Blast :: Blast (v. t.) To rend open by any explosive agent, as gunpowder, dynamite, etc.; to shatter; as, to blast rocks..
Ammunition :: Ammunition (n.) Articles used in charging firearms and ordnance of all kinds; as powder, balls, shot, shells, percussion caps, rockets, etc..
Pinole :: Pinole (n.) An aromatic powder used in Italy in the manufacture of chocolate.
Corn :: Corn (v. t.) To form into small grains; to granulate; as, to corn gunpowder..
Pluff :: Pluff (n.) A hairdresser's powder puff; also, the act of using it..
Mustard :: Mustard (n.) A powder or a paste made from the seeds of black or white mustard, used as a condiment and a rubefacient. Taken internally it is stimulant and diuretic, and in large doses is emetic..
Powder :: Powder (v. t.) To sprinkle with salt; to corn, as meat..
Bloodstone :: Bloodstone (n.) Hematite, an ore of iron yielding a blood red powder or streak..
Levigate :: Levigate (v. t.) To free from grit; to reduce to an impalpable powder or paste.
Powderflask :: Powderflask (n.) A flask in which gunpowder is carried, having a charging tube at the end..
Catapasm :: Catapasm (n.) A compound medicinal powder, used by the ancients to sprinkle on ulcers, to absorb perspiration, etc..
Grind :: Grind (v. t.) To reduce to powder by friction, as in a mill, or with the teeth; to crush into small fragments; to produce as by the action of millstones..
Propel :: Propel (v. t.) To drive forward; to urge or press onward by force; to move, or cause to move; as, the wind or steam propels ships; balls are propelled by gunpowder..
Firework :: Firework (n.) A device for producing a striking display of light, or a figure or figures in plain or colored fire, by the combustion of materials that burn in some peculiar manner, as gunpowder, sulphur, metallic filings, and various salts. The most common feature of fireworks is a paper or pasteboard tube filled with the combustible material. A number of these tubes or cases are often combined so as to make, when kindled, a great variety of figures in fire, often variously colored. The skyrocke
Grenade :: Grenade (n.) A hollow ball or shell of iron filled with powder of other explosive, ignited by means of a fuse, and thrown from the hand among enemies..
Puff :: Puff (n.) A utensil of the toilet for dusting the skin or hair with powder.
Flower :: Flower (n.) A substance in the form of a powder, especially when condensed from sublimation; as, the flowers of sulphur..
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