What does pulverine mean?
Pulverine means (dated) ashes of barilla.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(dated) ashes of barilla.
Immersion in water would be apt to wash the nitre out of the pulverine ; but this result would be prevented if the match or priming mixture were liquefied or brought to the pasty consistence , not with water , but spirit varnish.
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Pulverine means (dated) ashes of barilla.
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Immersion in water would be apt to wash the nitre out of the pulverine ; but this result would be prevented if the match or priming mixture were liquefied or brought to the pasty consistence , not with water , but spirit varnish.
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