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A material used for grinding, as emery, sand, powdered glass, etc.; an abrasive.
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A hard inorganic substance or material consisting in powder or granule form such as sandpaper, pumice, or emery, used for cleaning, smoothing, or polishing.
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(obsolete, mostly used in the passive) To cover newly-sown fields of crops with ashes.
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A mineral oil used primarily to moisten the skin of babies after bathing
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Any soothing oil or lotion, especially an aromatic one.
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Impure soda obtained from the ashes of any seashore plant, or kelp.
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An aerosol spray containing capsaicin, used as a deterrent against aggressive bears.
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The application of a coating of blackwash.
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A type of clay sometimes found in marshes.
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A container with a perforated cap for sprinkling its contents, especially salt, pepper, etc.
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To add clay to (something).
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The wood (typically alder) used for making clogs.
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Prepared according to the cook-chill food preparation system.
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A folkloric powder taken from corpses and used by Navajo witches to curse their victims.
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Dead branches or wood on a tree, or coarse woody debris.
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Toothpaste or any other substance, such as powder, for cleaning the teeth.
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A device for removing seeds.
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The impurities in metal.
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Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see dry, powder.
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(milling) A blowing-machine for separating the flour from the bran.
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A mixture of pipeclay and oil for filling joints.
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Fine dust (sand) that looks like solid ground but behaves like soft mud.
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(criminology) Any fine powder used in dusting for fingerprints by crime scene investigators and others in law enforcement.
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(transitive) To apply flour to something; to cover with flour.
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(chemistry) A ventilated compartment in which chemical procedures may be undertaken without the escape of noxious fumes into the local environment.
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An oxide of manganese and other substances used by glassblowers to remove colouring from glass.
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Alternative form of clyster. [(now rare) A medicine applied via the rectum; an enema or suppository.]
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(US) A powder used to cast a spell in hoodoo practices.
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(poetic) Small particles of earth; gravel.
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(tanning) To remove the hair or fat from a skin.
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Coarsely ground or gritty.
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A measure of the relative coarseness of an abrasive material such as sandpaper, the smaller the number the coarser the abrasive.
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(rare) Made of or consisting of grits.
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Full of grout(s), that is, sediment.
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(metallurgy) Granulated or shotted pig iron.
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(historical) A cosmetic powder for dusting the hair, to remove grease etc.
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antibacterial gel for the hands
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A thin stick covered with incense that burns slowly and gives off fragrant smoke when set alight.
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(obsolete) asphalt, bitumen, pitch
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(obsolete) Alternative form of leadish [(rare) Resembling or containing lead (the metal)]
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(dentistry, obsolete) Bits of waste metal mixed with bone, dust, etc.; lemel.
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(transitive) To paint with limewash (slaked lime in water).
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A topical medical preparation intended to be rubbed into the skin with friction, as for example to relieve symptoms of arthritis.
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To cover, smear, or fill with loam.
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The application of a substance (a lubricant), between moving surfaces in contact in order to reduce friction and minimize heating.
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Treated or prepared with lye.
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A semi-liquid substance made of cornstarch and water, used in children's experiments.
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A cream that moisturises the skin.
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Alternative form of moisturising cream [A cream that moisturises the skin.]
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(obsolete) A soft soap of potassium hydroxide and coconut oil, used as a basis for ointments.
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(historical) A base for ointments used in skin diseases, a soft soap mixed with excess of fat and glycerine.
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(construction industry slang) Wet concrete as it is being mixed, delivered and poured.
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Synonym of greeble (“piece of visual detail”)
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A mixture of cornstarch and water with unusual physical properties.
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(historical) A cosmetic, made from crushed pearls, for improving the appearance of the skin.
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Alternative spelling of pebble dash [A coating of small pebbles sprayed onto soft plaster or cement, used as decoration on exterior walls.]
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Alternative spelling of pebble dash [To apply pebble dash to a wall.]
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(transitive) To bleach rags in paper-making.
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Obsolete form of powder. [The fine particles which are the result of reducing a dry substance by pounding, grinding, or triturating, or the result of decay; dust.]
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The fine particles which are the result of reducing a dry substance by pounding, grinding, or triturating, or the result of decay; dust.
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(historical) A powder applied to the weapon that caused a wound in the hope of healing the injury it had made.
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A ball or pad of soft material used for the application of cosmetic powder to the face.
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Obsolete form of powder. [The fine particles which are the result of reducing a dry substance by pounding, grinding, or triturating, or the result of decay; dust.]
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(mining, manufacturing and agriculture) formed into pellets
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(archaic, transitive) To pulverise; to make into powder.
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(transitive) To beat or reduce to powder or dust; to pulverize.
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(intransitive) To become reduced to powder; to fall to dust.
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(informal, historical) A form of petroleum jelly formerly supplied as a sunscreen in survival kits etc.
adj
Exhibiting roke (a defect in steel ingots).
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Alternative form of salt spray [Seawater in the form of a fine mist or droplets.]
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An implement used to remove the seeds from fruit etc.
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Alternative form of Silly Putty [A toy based on silicone polymers that have unusual physical properties.]
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(US, dialect) The pulverised matter from a quartz mill.
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(ceramics) A thin, slippery mix of clay and water.
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To paint with a mixture of white lead and lime.
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An alloy of gold with copper and aluminium, having a spangled appearance with tiny sparkling facets.
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A cement-based slurry applied to a wall in order to improve adhesion of the render.
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(countable) An ornament or design that resembles a branch.
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(transitive) To apply a preparation of sumac to (an object), for example, to a piece of leather to tan it.
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A chemical designed to render a surface nearly frictionless.
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(transitive) To perfume with talcum powder.
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(archaic, especially of children) One who has been tanned by the sun.
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Alternative form of tooth powder [A powder for cleaning the teeth; a dentifrice.]
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A lotion for cleaning or whitening the teeth.
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(archaic) The process of triturating.
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Material extracted from a turbary.
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A personal care beauty treatment which involves cleansing and moisturizing of the vulva and bikini area.
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