Powder-post

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The resultant or residual powder as a result of worm-eaten wood.
  2. 2
    The damaged condition of wood reduced to powder as a result of wood-boring larvae.
  3. 3
    The condition of being reduced to a lesser or weakened state. broadly, figuratively, rare

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