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pulverine

pulverine noun: ashes of barilla.

Noun

pulverine (uncountable)

  1. (dated) ashes of barilla
    • Immersion in water would be apt to wash the nitre out of the pulverine ; but this result would be prevented if the match or priming mixture were liquefied or brought to the pasty consistence , not with water , but spirit varnish.1839, Andrew Ure, A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines

Origin of pulverine

From Latin pulvis, pulveris (“dust, powder”). Compare French pulvérin.

Questions about pulverine

What does pulverine mean?
Pulverine means ashes of barilla.
What part of speech is pulverine?
Pulverine is a noun.

Words near pulverine in the dictionary

  1. pulverator
  2. pulverators
  3. pulveratricious
  4. pulvered
  5. pulverin
  6. pulverine
  7. pulvering
  8. pulverisable
  9. pulverisation
  10. pulverisations
  11. pulverise

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