King James Bible Dictionary

POW'DER, noun [Latin pulvis.]

1. Any dry substance composed of minute particles, whether natural or artificial; more generally, a substance comminuted or triturated to fine particles. Thus dust is the powder of earth; flour is the powder of grain. But the word is particularly applied to substances reduced to fine particles for medicinal purposes.

2. A composition of saltpeter, sulphur and charcoal, mixed and granulated; gun-powder.

3. Hair powder; pulverized starch.

POW'DER, verb transitive To reduce to fine particles; to comminute; to pulverize; to triturate; to pound, grind or rub into fine particles.

1. To sprinkle with powder; as, to powder the hair.

2. To sprinkle with salt; to corn; as meat.

POW'DER, verb intransitive To come violently. [Not in use.]

POW'DER-BOX, noun A box in which hair-powder is kept.

POW'DER-CART, noun A cart that carries powder and shot for artillery.

POW'DER-CHEST, noun A small box or case charged with powder, old nails, etc. fastened to the side of a ship, to be discharged at an enemy attempting to board.

POW'DERED, participle passive Reduced to powder; sprinkled with powder; corned; salted.

POW'DER-FLASK, noun A flask in which gunpowder is carried.

POW'DER-HORN, noun A horn in which gunpowder is carried by sportsmen.

POW'DERING, participle present tense Pulverizing; sprinkling with powder; corning; salting.

POW'DERING-TUB, noun A tub or vessel in which meat is corned or salted.

1. The place where an infected lecher is cured.

POW'DER-MILL, noun A mill in which gunpowder is made.

POW'DER-ROOM, noun The apartment in a ship where gunpowder is kept.

POW'DERY, adjective Friable; easily crumbling to pieces.

1. Dusty; sprinkled with powder.

2. Resembling powder.