powderedadj.
/ˈpaʊdəd/, U.S. /ˈpaʊdərd/ 1. † b. In extended use: having undergone treatment in a sweating-tub for the cure of venereal disease. Cf. powdering tub n. 2. Obsolete. rare.
a. Of food: salted, pickled, or spiced for future use; preserved; cured. Now rare (Scottish and English regional in later use).
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preserving or pickling > [adjective] > preserved with salt
salt909
powdered1389
salteda1400
corned1621
marinated1658
well-corned?1746
saline1812
kerned1847
in salt1853
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > pattern or design > [adjective] > scattered pattern
powdered1389
ditzy1969
1389 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1898) I. 49 (MED) In 2 salmon poudrt, 2 s. 10 d.
1409 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1898) I. 53 (MED) In 10 powdretfish empt., 5 s. 6 d.
a1450 in T. Austin Two 15th-cent. Cookery-bks. (1888) 14 (MED) Take powderd Elys an seþe hem in fayre Water.
a1475 J. Russell Bk. Nurture (Harl. 4011) in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 152 Mustard is meete for brawne, beef, or powdred motoun.
1533 Ld. Lisle Let. in Lisle Papers (P.R.O.: SP 1/80) f. 167 We may haue store of powderd flesshe.
1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. 52/2 By eatinge of pouldred or saulted meate.
1667 Third Advice in Second & Third Advice to Painter 28 Out of the very Beer they steal the Malt, Powder out of Powder, powder'd Beef the Salt.
1736 T. Carte Hist. Life Duke Ormonde II. 322 Powdered beef and pork imported from Ireland.
1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor xii, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. II. 298 Lord Allan, rest his saul, used to like a pouthered guse.
1880 M. A. Courtney W. Cornwall Words in M. A. Courtney & T. Q. Couch Gloss. Words Cornwall 44/2 Powdered, slightly salted. A powdered cod.
1923 ‘H. Foulis’ Hurricane Jack 17 He would go ashore..and come back wi' a dozen o' eggs, a pound or two o' poothered butter, and a hen.
1953 Dumfries & Galloway Standard 2 Sept. 7 Powdered butter—1, Mrs D. Nicol.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > venereal disease > [adjective] > infected with
cunt-bitten?a1513
powdereda1616
venereal1683
burnt1693
a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) iii. i. 326 Clo. Shee hath eaten vp all her beefe, and she is her selfe in the tub... Luc. Euer your fresh Whore, and your pouder'd Baud.
2.
a. Decorated or ornamented with many spots, small figures, or heraldic devices; spangled. In later use chiefly spec.: (of a white fur) decorated with spots of black.
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1445–6 in R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. (1886) I. 394 (note) (MED) Pro vjc xxxviij pedibus vitri operati vocati powdred glasse.
c1500 (?a1475) Assembly of Gods (1896) 266 A mantell..Of blak sylke, purfylyd with poudryd hermyne.
1512 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1902) IV. 217 For ane haill lyning of powderit letteis.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. ii. sig. Dd2 On his shield..He bore a crowned litle Ermilin, That deckt the azure field with her fayre pouldred skin.
?1605 J. Davies Wittes Pilgrimage sig. S4v Note the Lyning of the roialst Robe; Its powdred Ermyne, pepperd to with Stings.
1752 T. Carte Gen. Hist. Eng. III. 191 The Earl of Surrey had re-assumed them, putting over them..a cap of maintenance purple with powdered furr.
1842 W. H. Ainsworth Tower of London ii. i A robe of violet-coloured velvet, furred with powdered ermine.
1903 Times 18 Feb. 12/2 There were Peeresses' mantles, too, with the powdered ermine denoting rank.
1995 R. P. Rubenstein Dress Codes ix. 132 Foreign merchants exhibited..fantastic clothes made of powdered ermine, ethereal silks, and the lustrous feathered skins of flayed birds.
b. Entomology. In the names of certain moths: covered with minute, closely spaced spots resembling a dusting of powder.
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the world > animals > animal body > markings or colourings > [adjective] > dappled or spotted > having minute dots
punctated1752
punctuated1754
punctate1760
irrorate1826
powdered1832
punctiform1839
irrorated1843
the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [adjective] > of or relating to a moth > powdered
powdered1832
1832 J. Rennie Conspectus Butterflies & Moths Brit. 57 The Powdered Quaker (O[rthosia] sparsa, Curtis).
1832 J. Rennie Conspectus Butterflies & Moths Brit. 89 The Powdered Wainscot (L. renosa, Ochsenheimer)... Wings..first pair hoary, sprinkled with minute black spots.
1967 E. B. Ford Moths (ed. 2) vii. 94 The larva of one of these reed-like moths, the Powdered Wainscot,..is dark and hairy.
1984 B. Skinner Moths Brit. Isles (1988) 139 Powdered Rustic... Hoplodrina superstes.
3.
a. Reduced to powder or dust; pulverized.
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > granular texture > [adjective] > powdery or dusty > made powdery
pulverizate?a1425
powdered1535
triturated1777
alcoholized1863
society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > materials having undergone process > [adjective] > ground or crushed
crumbleda1475
contunded1599
stamped1600
powdered1646
rough-ground1754
pulverized1762
ground1765
crushed1855
plough-ground1896
profile-ground1941
1535 J. Husee Let. 11 Dec. in Lisle Papers (P.R.O.: SP 3/12) f. 63 Madam some of yor spice is powdered, as synamon, [etc.].
1590 W. Clever Flower of Phisicke 107 Powdred medicines, whose power is onely to purge.
1616 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Scornful Ladie ii. sig. D4 Burnt figs, dreg'd with meale and powdered sugar.
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 53 Powdered glasse emits no fume or exhalation although it bee laid upon a red hot iron.
1738 G. Smith tr. Laboratory iii. 91 Stratify thin Plates of Brass in an earthen Pipkin with powdered Sulphur and Antimony.
1765 Universal Mag. 37 320/2 Ground and powdered refined sugar.
1826 Lancet 16 Sept. 783/2 It was filled with the same quantity of impure powdered strychnine.
1864 F. C. Bowen Treat. Logic x. 326 Powdered chalk..will always be insoluble.
1929 J. C. Foster & M. L. Mattson Nursery School Procedure iii. 61 Powdered paint can be easily stored and a small quantity dissolved fresh for each painting period.
1959 Engineering 2 Jan. 5/3 After the paper has passed under the beams, each line of ‘text’ passes over powdered ink and heated roller, appearing afterwards as clean, dry, readable type.
1990 Antique Collector May 85/2 The walls of the King's Presence Chamber were coloured with smalt, a dark blue pigment made of powdered glass blown on to a sticky background.
b. spec. Of a foodstuff: reduced to the form of a powder by dehydration.
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preserving or pickling > [adjective] > dried or powdered
jerked1672
charquied1820
tiled1830
powdered1877
dehydrated1884
desiccated1884
1877 Indiana (Pa.) Progress 10 May The powdered milk is said to keep, if properly protected from moist air, almost indefinitely.
1917 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 2 Jan. 363/1 The Cabell Company, Baltimore, Md... Velvet Particular description of goods.—Powdered Egg. Claims use since Sept. 1, 1916.
1947 C. Amory Proper Bostonians (1948) ix. 204 She made her own repast each morning on powdered coffee, bread.., and two soft-boiled eggs.
1972 G. Durrell Catch me Colobus v. 84 Complan, a sort of powdered milk which we found was very useful for rearing baby animals.
2005 Washington Post (Nexis) 6 Mar. People can buy long, skinny hot dogs,..powdered soup, pickled herring, [etc.].
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > seasoning > [adjective]
seasonedc1440
well-seasoned1440
powdered1563
sauced1566
flavoured1740
well-flavoured?1775
1563 A. Neville in B. Googe Eglogs Epytaphes & Sonettes sig. F.iiiv Our sighes, & powdred sobs with tears.
1587 R. Baynes in G. Turberville Tragicall Tales To Rdr. sig. Avi Poets pens..Whose powdred saaes are mixt, with pleasure, and delight.
1590 R. Harvey Plaine Percevall 1 Reason..began this motherly, and well powdered tale.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > [adjective] > loaded
powdered1575
charged1588
primed1634
loadened1638
loaded1766
filled1769
shotted1800
1575 I. B. in G. Gascoigne Poesies ⁋⁋⁋⁋ij b In bloudie broyles, where pouldred shot was rife.
a1618 J. Sylvester Tobacco Battered Ded. to W. Loe You'll need no Warning to avoid our Peal; Nor are in Level of our Poudred Pen.
6. Dressed or treated with powder for cosmetic purposes; (of persons) wearing powder, esp. hair powder or face powder.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the skin or complexion > [adjective] > powdered
powdered1613
pounced1619
farined1664
pulvilleda1704
bepowdered1742
pulvilized1791
pearl-powdered1826
white-floured1841
rice-powdered1868
talced1891
powder-dusted1917
talcumed1952
the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > preparations used on the hair > [adjective] > dressed with preparations > with powder
powdered1613
pounced1619
poudré1668
in powder1792
1613 J. Chamberlain Let. 1 Aug. (1939) I. 470 Theyre frisled powdred haire makes them looke all alike.
1655 Songs Costume (1849) 146 A dresse of powdered hayre.
1716 J. Gay Trivia i. 9 The powder'd footman..Beneath his flapping Hat secures his Hair.
1774 Westm. Mag. 2 453 I have seen a powdered coxcomb of this gawzy make value himself upon his success of speech.
1805 R. Heber Let. in A. Heber Life R. Heber (1830) I. iv. 131 Cossak officers, wild, savage-looking fellows..formed a striking contrast with the..powdered wigs of the rest of the party.
1863 ‘Ouida’ Held in Bondage I. i. 18 The powdered servant who opened the door.
1917 V. Woolf Mark on Wall in V. Woolf & L. S. Woolf Two Stories 20 The miniature of a lady with white powdered curls, powder-dusted cheeks, and lips like red carnations.
1944 Ld. Alanbrooke Diary 10 Feb. in War Diaries (2001) 520 I dined in the Mess... We had the RHA trumpeters, bands, Woolwich plate, powdered waiters etc.
2001 Times 30 Aug. ii. 11/2 He steals every scene going, lipsticked lips quivering, powdered cheekbones held aloft.
Compounds
C1. Parasynthetic.
powdered-headed adj.
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1822 H. Hunt Mem. III. 288 A few of the powdered-headed gentry in the crowd certainly responded these hints, by a solitary cheer or two.
1854 H. B. Stowe Sunny Memories Foreign Lands I. 259 The titles in law here..are manifold; and the powdered-headed gentleman at the door pronounced them with an evident relish.
1896 G. M. Fenn Black Tor iv. 34 He began to descend a zigzag path, worn in the face of the cliff, starting the powdered-headed jackdaws from their breeding shelves and holes.
C2.
powdered blue n. and adj. (a) n. = powder blue n. (now rare); (b) adj. = powder blue adj.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > pottery or ceramics > [adjective] > porcelain > Chinese porcelain
powdered blue1701
nankeen1761
famille verte1876
Ko1882
powder blue1882
Yuan1888
famille rose1893
Dingyao1894
famille noire1898
Yung Chêng1902
K'ang-Hsi1906
ying ch'ing1922
famille jaune1923
Tê-hua1923
Swatow1925
Song1937
1701 Philos. Trans. 1700–1 (Royal Soc.) 22 820 A Dog kept long fasting, would not only admit into the Lacteals a tinctured liquor, but a very substantial one, such as powder'd Blue.
a1799 in J. Sparks Life Washington (1839) II. 329 8 lb. Starch. 2 lbs. powdered Blue. 2 oz. Coventry Thread [etc.].
1878 Times 12 Apr. 4/6 A set of three bottles, powdered-blue ground, with utensils in medallions.
1960 R. G. Haggar Conc. Encycl. Continental Pottery & Porcelain 352/2 A powdered-blue ground colour of great depth and richness was introduced at Meissen porcelain factory before 1725.
1988 N. Bissoondath Casual Brutality viii. 173 My gaze shifted to the edges of colour where, with an unseizable subtlety, the orange faded into the powdered blue.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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