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• POWDER (through O. Fr. puldre, modern poudre, from Lat. pulvis, pulveris, dust)

POWDER (through O. Fr. puldre, See also:

• MODERN

modern poudre, from See also:

• LAT

Lat. pulvis, pulveris, dust)  , the small loose particles into which solid See also:

• MATTER

matter is disintegrated by such processes as grinding, crushing, pounding, &c., hence any preparation which takes the See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of such loose uncompacted particles, the most See also:

• FAMILIAR (through the Fr. familier, from Lat. familiaris, of or belonging to the familia, family)

familiar example of such preparation being that of See also:

• GUNPOWDER

gunpowder (q.v.) . Many powders are found in medical uses, some of which have retained the name of their inventor, such as the See also:

• COMPOUND
• COMPOUND (from Lat. componere, to combine or put together)

compound See also:

• POWDER (through O. Fr. puldre, modern poudre, from Lat. pulvis, pulveris, dust)

powder of See also:

• RHUBARB

rhubarb, " See also:

• GREGORY
• GREGORY (Gregorius)
• GREGORY (Grigorii) GRIGORIEVICH ORLOV, COUNT (1734-1783)
• GREGORY, EDWARD JOHN (1850-19o9)
• GREGORY, OLINTHUS GILBERT (1774—1841)
• GREGORY, ST (c. 213-C. 270)
• GREGORY, ST, OF NAZIANZUS (329–389)
• GREGORY, ST, OF NYSSA (c.331—c. 396)
• GREGORY, ST, OF TOURS (538-594)

Gregory powder," named after a Scottish See also:

• DOCTOR (Lat. for " teacher ")

doctor, See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James Gregory (1758-1822) . Various preparations in form of powder are used for See also:

• TOILET

toilet purposes . During the See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period when the See also:

• HAIR (a word common to Teutonic languages)

hair or See also:

• WIG (short for " periwig," an alternative form of " peruke," Fr. perruque; cf. Span. peluca; conjecturally derived from Lat. pilus)

wig was worn " powdered " or whitened, houses had a See also:

• SPECIAL

special See also:

• ROOM

room set apart for the See also:

• PROCESS

process, known as the powdering-room or closet .