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▪ I. pulvil, n. arch.|ˈpʌlvɪl|
Also 7 polvil, 8 pulville, -ile.
[ad. It. polviglio: see pulvilio.]
Cosmetic or perfumed powder for powdering the wig or perfuming the person.
1691Islington Wells 13 Saluted by the Fragrancy Of Powder de Orange, Jesmine, Pulvil, or something else. a1693Urquhart's Rabelais iii. xlvi. 375 Great Ladies..with their..Polvil, Postillo's and Cosmeticks. 1700Farquhar Constant Couple i. i, How many pound of Pulvil must the Fellow use in sweetening himself from the smell of Hops and Tobacco? a1774Fergusson Burlesque Elegy vi, The huge wig, in formal curls arrayed, With pulvile pregnant.
b. transf. Applied to snuff; also, any impalpable powder, as magnesia.
1806–7J. Beresford Miseries Hum. Life xix. Farewell Snuff i, The precious pulvil from Hibernia's shore. 1807Edin. Rev. XI. 117 Adding but a little of the water at a time..and carefully and patiently rubbing it up with the refractory pulvil.
c. attrib. or adj. Of perfume; perfumed.
1690Songs Costume (Percy Soc.) 187 To play at ombre, or basset, She a rich pulvil purse must get.
▪ II. † ˈpulvil, v. Obs.
[f. prec.]
trans. To powder or perfume with pulvil. Hence † ˈpulvilled ppl. a.
1700Congreve Way of World iv. i, Have you pulvill'd the Coachman and Postilion that they may not stink of the Stable when Sir Rowland comes by? a1704T. Brown Sat. agst. Woman 100 The sooty negro, and the pulvill'd beau. |