Definition of pulverize

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Pulverize (v. t.) To reduce of fine powder or dust, as by beating, grinding, or the like; as, friable substances may be pulverized by grinding or beating, but to pulverize malleable bodies other methods must be pursued..

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Mull :: Mull (v. t.) To powder; to pulverize.
Slickens :: Slickens (n.) The pulverized matter from a quartz mill, or the lighter soil of hydraulic mines..
Pulverize :: Pulverize (v. t.) To reduce of fine powder or dust, as by beating, grinding, or the like; as, friable substances may be pulverized by grinding or beating, but to pulverize malleable bodies other methods must be pursued..
Buck :: Buck (v. t.) To break up or pulverize, as ores..
Air-slacked :: Air-slacked (a.) Slacked, or pulverized, by exposure to the air; as, air-slacked lime..
Stamp :: Stamp (v. i.) To crush; to pulverize; specifically (Metal.), to crush by the blow of a heavy stamp, as ore in a mill..
Nabit :: Nabit (n.) Pulverized sugar candy.
Comminute :: Comminute (v. t.) To reduce to minute particles, or to a fine powder; to pulverize; to triturate; to grind; as, to comminute chalk or bones; to comminute food with the teeth..
Sandarac :: Sandarac (n.) A white or yellow resin obtained from a Barbary tree (Callitris quadrivalvis or Thuya articulata), and pulverized for pounce; -- probably so called from a resemblance to the mineral..
Theriaca :: Theriaca (n.) An ancient composition esteemed efficacious against the effects of poison; especially, a certain compound of sixty-four drugs, prepared, pulverized, and reduced by means of honey to an electuary; -- called also theriaca Andromachi, and Venice treacle..
Picking :: Picking (n.) The pulverized shells of oysters used in making walks.
Settler :: Settler (n.) A vessel, as a tub, in which something, as pulverized ore suspended in a liquid, is allowed to settle..
Pulverize :: Pulverize (v. i.) To become reduced to powder; to fall to dust; as, the stone pulverizes easily..
Puddling :: Puddling (n.) The process of working clay, loam, pulverized ore, etc., with water, to render it compact, or impervious to liquids; also, the process of rendering anything impervious to liquids by means of puddled material..
Pulverizer :: Pulverizer (n.) One who, or that which, pulverizes..
Powder :: Powder (v. t.) To reduce to fine particles; to pound, grind, or rub into a powder; to comminute; to pulverize; to triturate..
Pound :: Pound (v. t.) To comminute and pulverize by beating; to bruise or break into fine particles with a pestle or other heavy instrument; as, to pound spice or salt..
Triturate :: Triturate (v. t.) To rub or grind to a very fine or impalpable powder; to pulverize and comminute thoroughly.
Flint Glass :: Flint glass () A soft, heavy, brilliant glass, consisting essentially of a silicate of lead and potassium. It is used for tableware, and for optical instruments, as prisms, its density giving a high degree of dispersive power; -- so called, because formerly the silica was obtained from pulverized flints. Called also crystal glass. Cf. Glass..
Fragmentak :: Fragmentak (a.) Consisting of the pulverized or fragmentary material of rock, as conglomerate, shale, etc..
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