Powdering

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    gerund of powder; 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 that an other man hath appetite to a Coney, […]"

  2. 2
    gerund of powder; A black tuft of ermine fur on the white of a robe of state.
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of powder form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

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abrasionatomizationattritionbeatingcrumblingdisintegration

Example

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"Here and there, the dark pointed firs stood up with snow powdering their branches."

Etymology

From powder + -ing.

Related phrases

powdering gownpowdering tubpowdering tubbpowdering tubbepowdering tube

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