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POWDER (through O. Fr. puldre, modern poudre, from Lat. pulvis, pulveris, dust)

This article appears in Volume V22, Page 223 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: POL-PRE
POWDER (through O. Fr. puldre, modern poudre, from Lat. pulvis, pulveris, dust) , the small loose particles into which solid matter is disintegrated by such processes as grinding, crushing, pounding, &c., hence any preparation which takes the form of such loose uncompacted particles, the most
familiar
  example of such preparation being that of gunpowder (q.v.). Many powders are found in medical uses, some of which have retained the name of their inventor, such as the compound powder of
rhubarb
 , " Gregory powder," named after a Scottish
doctor
 ,
James
  Gregory (1758-1822). Various preparations in form of powder are used for toilet purposes. During the period when the
hair
  or wig was worn " powdered " or whitened, houses had a
special
  room set apart for the process, known as the powdering-room or closet. In some birds, such as the herons, certain down-feathers or plumulae break off into a fine dust as fast as they are formed and form tracts defined in size and situation and known as " powder-down patches."


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