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Webster 1913 Edition
Powdery
Pow′der-y
,Adj.
1.
Easily crumbling to pieces; friable; loose;
as, a
. powdery
spar2.
Sprinkled or covered with powder; dusty;
as, the
. powdery
bloom on plums3.
Resembling powder; consisting of powder.
“The powdery snow.” Wordsworth.
Webster 1828 Edition
Powdery
POW'DERY
,Adj.
1.
Dusty; sprinkled with powder.2.
Resembling powder.