powderingn.
/ˈpaʊd(ə)rɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpaʊdərɪŋ/ I. Senses related to sprinkling.
1. The action of seasoning or preserving food with salt or spice. Sometimes with down, up. Also figurative. Now rare except in certain compounds (see powdering trough n. at Compounds 1, powdering tub n. 1).† powdering of beef n. Obsolete salted beef.
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > seasoning > [noun]
powderinga1400
seasoning1601
the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preserving or pickling > [noun] > preserving with salt
saltinga1300
powderinga1400
corning1655
saliture1657
rousing1667
a1400 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Ashm.) (1894) 275 (MED) He mai ete fleisch of iij daies poudringe [L. trium dierum salitos].
c1450 in T. Austin Two 15th-cent. Cookery-bks. (1888) 69 (MED) Thou may make wortes of..powdryng of beef.
?1567 Def. Priestes Mariages (new ed.) 127 Great numbers of Beiffes..caste awaie, for want of salte and pouderyng.
1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xiii. 224 The Deathes of the giltlesse,..is but a poudering of their vertews to preserue them to the vse of posteritie.
1615 G. Markham Eng. House-wife (1668) ii. vi. 147 Touching the powdering up, or potting of Butter.
1630 J. Taylor Great Eater of Kent 16 Hee is profitable in..sauing the charge of salt; for his appetite will not waite and attend the powdring.
1675 Accomplish'd Lady's Delight 286 Take either a Chine, Rump,..or Fillet of Beef, and give them in Summer, a weeks powdering, in Winter a Fortnight.
1823 E. Moor Suffolk Words 290 Putting pork, &c. into a tub with salt for future use is called ‘powdering down’.
2. The action of sprinkling or dusting something with powder; esp. the application of powder to the hair, skin, etc., for cosmetic purposes. Also: an instance of this.
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the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > [noun] > scattering in small particles or sprinkling > sprinkling with powder
powdering1440
dredging1611
Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 411 Powderynge [?a1475 Winch. Powdrynge] wythe powder, pulverisacio.
1593 W. Perkins Two Treat. i. 31 He breakes this commandement,..That useth powdering, starching, blowing, darke shops to set a glosse on his wares and make them more saleable.
1616 B. Jonson Cynthias Revels (rev. ed.) Ded., in Wks. I. 179 It is not pould'ring, perfuming, and euery day smelling of the taylor, that conuerteth to a beautiful obiect.
1656 Disc. Auxiliary Beauty 78 They forbid all painting, patching, and powdering.
1700 G. Farquhar Constant Couple v. ii. 49 I knew, Sir, what your Powdering, your Prinking, your Dancing and your Frisking wou'd come to.
1790 J. Byng Diary 13 June in Torrington Diaries (1935) II. 175 Having sent for the barber, and receiv'd a..strong powdering, and a clean shirting, I attended the widow.
1837 T. Hook Jack Brag III. iv. 162 Rougeing, powdering..eyebrowing, and all concomitant stage tricks.
1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. xxi. 673 [He] was very particular on his last day about the powdering and curling of his wig.
1868 L. M. Alcott Little Women I. xi. 169 She had given a last hasty powdering to the berries out of one of the two boxes on the kitchen table.
1940 A. G. Macdonell Crew of Anaconda xxi. 260 Florinda did a little powdering and lipsticking.
1990 Savvy Woman May 50 The makeover..requires hours of primping, powdering and plucking.
2002 Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Nexis) 1 June e3 The funnel cake. It's fun to order them, to watch a stream of batter poured into hot grease, then their powdering with confectioners' sugar.
3. A powdery deposit sprinkled on a surface; a thin sprinkling.
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > granular texture > [noun] > state of being powdery > deposit
powdering1626
the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > [noun] > scattering in small particles or sprinkling > that which is sprinkled
sprinkle1575
sprinkling1602
powdering1626
strinkling1660
spray1750
scatter1954
1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum vii. 166 That Powdring [of dust], when a Shower commeth, maketh a kinde of Soyling to the Tree.
1721–2 R. Bradley Gen. Treat. Husb. II. 296 By the powdering and Dust of a Plumb is meant what the English Gardeners call the Blue of a Plumb.
1834 T. Arnold in A. P. Stanley Life & Corr. T. Arnold (1844) I. vii. 373 We had no snow in the valleys, but frequently a thick powdering on the higher mountains.
1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. II. 139 On the face and ears it [sc. Scarlatinal peeling] usually takes the form of a fine powdering.
1902 Westm. Gaz. 25 Nov. 10/1 On the..19th and 20th a powdering of snow showed on the southern side of Monte Bignone.
1938 Life 6 June 10/2 (caption) Miniature tartlets of fresh strawberries with a snowy powdering of sugar.
1992 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 7 Mar. n1 A days-long effort that coated every surface in the house with a fine powdering of white plaster dust.
II. As a form of decoration.
4. The decorative application of a pattern of small spots, figures, heraldic devices, etc., giving the appearance of having been sprinkled or scattered over a surface; a decorative pattern of this kind; (in plural) the spots or figures of such decoration.In quot. 1642: (perhaps) fur trimming decorated with small dots of black.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the skin or complexion > [noun] > powdering
powdering1405
pouncing1593
society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > charge: device on shield > [noun] > minor charges
powdering1405
powder1448
semée1562
orle1572
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > pattern or design > [noun] > scattered pattern
powdering1405
ditzy1989
1405–6 Norwich Sacrist's Roll (MED) In serico et in rosis de auro emptis pro powderyng.
1465 in Manners & Househ. Expenses Eng. (1841) 290 (MED) Item, the ferst day of June, paid to Crystyne for powderenge and peyntynge of my masteres sheldes and his sadylle, x s.
1480 Wardrobe Accts. Edward IV in N. H. Nicolas Privy Purse Expenses Elizabeth of York (1830) 116 Powderings made of bogy leggs.
1505 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1901) III. 41 Item for xxxm powderingis to the samyn; [the Kingis rob riall] ilk hundreth iij s.; summa..xlv li.
1532 (a1475) Assembly of Ladies 530 in W. W. Skeat Chaucerian & Other Pieces (1897) 397 I shal you tel the maner of her gown, Of clothe of gold ful riche..With dyamonds in stede of powdering.
1548–9 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1911) IX. 280 To the furroure for tuys lynyng of ane goun of hirris pikit about witht pulderinges.
1583 B. Melbancke Philotimus (new ed.) sig. Y2 Where be thy burgonie,..thy corselet, thy powldringes, thy tasies, [etc.]?
1602 W. Segar Honor Mil. & Civill iv. xxii. 238 A Duke's eldest sonne is borne in the degree of a Marquesse, and weares as many powdrings as a Marquesse.
1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie i. iv. 14 Ermynois, whose ground or field is yellowe, and the Pouldrings blacke.
1642 in W. Macgill Old Ross-shire & Scotl. (1909) I. 143 xix ells of black pinkit satin to be your ladie a goune..halfe ell of puldrine [ed. puldruie(?)] to it.
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Pouderings, in Building, a Term sometimes used for Devices serving to fill up vacant Spaces, in carv'd Works: As also, in Escutcheons, Writings, &c.
1765 ‘M. A. Porny’ Elements Heraldry iii. 26 Ermine is a Field Argent, with small points or spots Sable, in the form of little Triangles, which in Heraldry are generally called Powdering.
1880 Academy 18 Dec. 446/3 The embroiderers..did not seek for novelty; diapers and powderings, even angel and saint, were reproduced over and over again without much change except of arrangement.
1961 Webster's 3rd New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. (at cited word) Wore his mother's arms but..added a powdering of golden fleurs-de-lis on the silver border. H. S. London.
1981 Good Housek.: Embroidery 45 Materials..silk or fine sewing thread for light-textured powdering.
III. The making of powder.
5. The action of reducing something to powder; the process of turning into powder; pulverization.
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > granular texture > [noun] > state of being powdery > reduction to powder or dust
pulverization1617
dusting1623
pulveration1623
alcoholization1662
powdering1664
levigating1710
1664 Duchess of Newcastle Philos. Lett. iv. xiv. 475 The whiteness of all bodies proceeds from the powdering of transparent bodies.
1683 R. Browne tr. R. Bacon Cure Old Age 18 This Powdering cannot be made in Metals, except by Burning.
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Ustulation,..the roasting or torrefying of humid or moist substances over a gentle fire, so as to render them fit for powdering.
1897 H. G. Wells Invisible Man xix. 146 The powdering multiplies the surfaces of the glass at which refraction and reflection occur.
1955 R. M. Pearl How to know Minerals & Rocks iv. 49 Sectile minerals can be cut with a knife..without powdering, but they will pulverize if pounded with a hammer.
1999 Business Line (Nexis) 23 Aug. Reprocessing of instant coffee, which got clotted in the manufacture, by drying and powdering.
Compounds
C1. † powdering gear n. Obsolete rare equipment for powdering the hair, etc. (in quot. figurative).† powdering house n. Obsolete a building in which meat is preserved with salt or spices.† powdering pearls n. Obsolete rare small pearls used for powdering (sense 4).
powdering closet n. now historical = powdering room n.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > places for styling hair > [noun] > for powdering the hair
powdering room1767
powdering closet1786
powder room1788
powder closet1848
1786 E. Clayton in M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1862) 2nd Ser. III. 399 A bed-chamber, two dressing-rooms, two powdering-closets.
1875 A. I. Thackeray Miss Angel xv There was a powdering-closet on the second story of the house.
1932 J. Buchan Gap in Curtain v. 273 There was a little powdering-closet next door, where he had a bed made up.
2004 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 30 Jan. e40 Such suites normally had an antechamber, a bedroom, powdering closets (for powdering hair in that era), dressing rooms and servants' rooms.
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1845 W. Miller in Whistle-Binkie 3rd Ser. 107 You've come..Wi' your crispin' an' poutherin' gear, John Frost.
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > cooking establishment or kitchen > [noun] > place where food is preserved
powdering house1513
skeo1602
smoke-loft1657
salting-house?c1682
meat house1710
pickle-yard1722
fishing-rooma1728
salting-room1805
frigorifico1917
1513 Lett. War France (N.R.S.) 16 Item paid to Thomas Meynerde for the rente of a slawterhouse and a powdering house.
1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Vne Saliére, a poudring house, a salte seller.
powdering-mill n. rare a mill in which substances are pulverized.
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1857 Harper's Mag. June 175/1 (caption) Powdering mill.
1907 N.E.D. at Powdering vbl. sb. Powdering-mill, a mill for pulverizing some substance (as ore, snuff).
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > pearl > [noun] > varieties of
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pearl of orientc1400
seed pearl1551
powdering pearls1606
pear pearl1647
Welsh pearl1681
peara1685
union1694
akoya1727
river pearl1776
orient1833
bouton pearl1851
blister pearl1885
Bombay pearl1885
teardrop pearl1904
cultured pearl1911
culture pearl1921
1606 in J. Nichols Progresses James I (1828) II. 61 (note) 10 oz. and halfe of rag poudring pearles.
powdering puff n. now rare = powder puff n. 1.
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1699 E. Ward London Spy I. v. 8 Perriwigs..well drudg'd with the Barbers Powdering Puff.
1752 W. Guthrie tr. Cicero Epist. Atticus I. ii. 73 Now my Book was bedaubed with the very powdering Puff of Isocrates, I frizled it out with the curling Irons of his Followers.
1895 Davenport (Iowa) Leader 27 Dec. 7/2 It [sc. an elephant's trunk] is at once a syringe, a powdering puff and a hand.
powdering room n. now historical a room used for powdering hair or wigs.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > places for styling hair > [noun] > for powdering the hair
powdering room1767
powdering closet1786
powder room1788
powder closet1848
1767 J. Paine Plans Noblemen & Gentlemen's Houses 10 Beyond this, to the west, is the laundry..and adjoining to that is a powdering room.
1823 P. Nicholson New Pract. Builder 438 Mezzanines..are exceedingly convenient for servants, lodging-rooms, powdering-rooms, wardrobes &c.
1998 Mag. Antiques (Nexis) June 858 In 1819 Wyatt built a dining room in the Grecian style characteristic of the Regency partly on the site of Adam's Powdering Room.
powdering trough n. now historical a trough in which meat is salted and pickled (in quot. 1689 figurative).
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > [noun] > container for curing meat or fish
kimnel1335
gimletc1391
powdering tub1530
salting-tub1556
powdering trough1595
war-back1682
potting-pot1737
salting-pan1816
salting-press1831
salting-trough1842
kench1874
1595 in E. R. Brinkworth & J. S. W. Gibson Banbury Wills & Inventories (1976) I. 137 A powderinge troughe.
1638 in F. W. Steer Farm & Cottage Inventories Mid-Essex 1635–1749 (1969) 74 In the milke house, one powdringe troffe with a cover.
1689 E. Taylor Poems (1960) 31 Hence Vengeance rose with her fierce Troops in Buff, Soul-piercing Plagues, Heart-Aching Griefs, and Groans, Woes Pickled in Revenges Powdering Trough.
1740 M. Clare Youth's Introd. Trade & Business (ed. 5) xix. 118 The rectangular powdering Trough of a Man of War measures 27 square Foot 112 inches.
1961 A. J. Schmidt Yeoman in Tudor & Stuart Eng. 21 The milk house might well contain a churn, a powdering trough, milk bowls, and a cheese press.
1999 M. A. Caton Fools & Fricassees 75 His powdering trough was used to salt foods.
C2. Designating items worn to protect one's ordinary clothes, etc., while the hair or wig is being powdered. Now historical.† powdering slipper n. Obsolete rare† powdering things n. Obsolete rare
powdering dress n.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > dress, robe, or gown > types of > for specific purpose > for protection while powdering hair
powdering gownc1770
powdering dress1776
1776 E. Harris Let. in Lett. Earl of Malmesbury (1870) I. 347 In his hurry, he threw his powdering dress over his shoulders.
1960 C. W. Cunnington et al. Dict. Eng. Costume 171/2 Powdering dress, a loose wrap-over coat, ankle length,..worn to protect the clothes while the wig was being powdered.
powdering gown n.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > dress, robe, or gown > types of > for specific purpose > for protection while powdering hair
powdering gownc1770
powdering dress1776
c1770 T. Erskine Barber in Poet. Reg. (1810) 328 Rob'd in a flannel powd'ring goun.
1813 J. Austen Pride & Prejudice III. vi. 123 I will sit in my library, in my night cap and powdering gown . View more context for this quotation
1900 A. Conan Doyle Capt. Sharkey in Green Flag i He wore a loose damask powdering-gown secured by a cord round the waist.
1966 J. Stevens Cox Illustr. Dict. Hairdressing & Wigmaking 121/2 Powdering-gown, a loose wrap-around article of clothing worn to protect the clothes when the hair was being powdered.
powdering jacket n.
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1778 G. L. Way Learning at Loss I. 17 The Skirts and Pockets look like those of a Town Footman's Powdering Jacket, or the Remains of a tall Rogue's Thieving Coat.
a1878 C. J. Mathews Patter versus Clatter (1881) ii. 10 Polly gives him his dressing-gown, and puts his powdering jacket on the chair.
1960 C. W. Cunnington et al. Dict. Eng. Costume 171/2 Powdering jacket, gown, or dress, a loose wrap-over coat, ankle length, or shorter when the term ‘jacket’ was used, worn to protect the clothes while the wig was being powdered.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > shoe or boot > shoe > [noun] > types of > light shoe or slipper > other
pantofle1494
mule1562
pantap1570
scarpinea1586
sock1597
sandal1794
powdering slipper1800
carpet slipper1851
Romeo slipper1889
Romeo1892
slipperslapper1922
Grecian slipper1926
Slipperette1931
ballerina1947
1800 M. Edgeworth Basket-woman in Parent's Assistant (ed. 3) V. 31 ‘Powdering slippers, Miss.’..‘To wear when people are powdering their hair..that they may not spoil their other shoes.’
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > for specific purpose > protective
powdering things1786
killing-clothes1828
1786 F. Burney Diary 24 July (1842) III. 29 We help her [sc. the Queen] off with her gown, and on with her powdering things.
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powderingadj.1
/ˈpaʊd(ə)rɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpaʊdərɪŋ/ That powders (something) (in various senses of the verb); (also) of the nature of powder, powdery. Also figurative.
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the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > [adjective] > sprinkled > sprinkling > with specific thing
powdering1574
1574 R. Robinson Rewarde of Wickednesse sig. I3 Fire..Whose powdering smoke, mountes vp the loftie skies.
1799 J. Robertson Gen. View Agric. Perth 318 The powdering particles, which we see on the grass and trees.
a1849 T. L. Beddoes Second Brother ii. i, in Poems (1851) I. 31 Some had islands rooted in their waves,..and forest-powdering winds, And showers tumbling on their tumbling self.
1880 R. D. Blackmore Mary Anerley II. xviii. 306 Some of the powdering willow dusted her bright luxuriant locks with gold.
1905 J. Runcie Songs by Stoep 55 The powdering decades fall like finest dust.
1992 Do It Yourself Mag. (BNC) Nov. 54 Specifically designed to stabilise flaking, chalking or powdering exterior and interior surfaces.
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† powderingadj.2
Obsolete. rare.
Impetuous, violent.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > [adjective] > rapidly or suddenly
ranka1250
headya1425
impetuous1490
powdering1619
wanton1753
1619 W. Balcanquhall Let. 13 Feb. 73 in J. Hales Golden Remains (1673) They were called in and dismist with such a powdering speech as I doubt not..your Lordship hath heard with grief enough.
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