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powderings

powderings is the plural of powdering.

Meaning of powdering

Noun

powdering (plural powderings)

  1. An application or patch of powder.
    • [T]ryly for the Engliſheman to bee offended with the admixtion of Latine, or the Latine manne to miſlike the poutheryng of Greke, appereth vnto me a moche like thing, as if at a feaſt with varietee of good meates and drinkes furniſhed, one that loueth to feede of a Capon, ſhould take diſpleaſure...1564 February, Nicolas Udall [i.e., Nicholas Udall], “Nicolas Vdall vnto the Gentle and Honeste Harted Readers Well to Fare”, in Erasmus, translated by Nicolas Udall, Apophthegmes, that is to Saie...
  2. A black tuft of ermine fur on the white of a robe of state.

Questions about powderings

What is powderings the plural of?
Powderings is the plural of powdering.

Words near powderings in the dictionary

  1. powdering tubbe
  2. powdering tube
  3. powdering tubs
  4. powderinge tubb
  5. powderinge tubbe
  6. powderings
  7. powderise
  8. powderization
  9. powderizations
  10. powderize
  11. powderized

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