2. To sprinkle with powder, or as with powder; to be
sprinkle; as, to powder the hair.
A circling zone thou seest Powdered with stars.
--Milton.
3. To sprinkle with salt; to corn, as meat. [Obs.]
Grind their bones to powder small. --Shak.
2. An explosive mixture used in gunnery, blasting, etc.;
gunpowder. See {Gunpowder}.
{Atlas powder}, {Baking powder}, etc. See under {Atlas},
{Baking}, etc.
{Powder down} (Zo["o]l.), the peculiar dust, or exfoliation,
of powder-down feathers.
{Powder-down feather} (Zo["o]l.), one of a peculiar kind of
modified feathers which sometimes form patches on certain
parts of some birds. They have a greasy texture and a
scaly exfoliation.
{Powder-down patch} (Zo["o]l.), a tuft or patch of
powder-down feathers.
{Powder hose}, a tube of strong linen, about an inch in
diameter, filled with powder and used in firing mines.
--Farrow.
{Powder hoy} (Naut.), a vessel specially fitted to carry
powder for the supply of war ships. They are usually
painted red and carry a red flag.
{Powder magazine}, or {Powder room}. See {Magazine}, 2.
{Powder mine}, a mine exploded by gunpowder. See {Mine}.
{Powder monkey} (Naut.), a boy formerly employed on war
vessels to carry powder; a powder boy.
{Powder post}. See {Dry rot}, under {Dry}.
2. To use powder on the hair or skin; as, she paints and
powders.