Hypertext Webster Gateway: "powdered"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Powder \Pow"der\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Powdered}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Powdering}.] [F. poudrer.]
1. To reduce to fine particles; to pound, grind, or rub into
a powder; to comminute; to pulverize; to triturate.
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.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Powdered \Pow"dered\, a.
1. Reduced to a powder; sprinkled with, or as with, powder.
2. Sprinkled with salt; salted; corned. [Obs.]
Powdered beef, pickled meats. --Harvey.
3. (Her.) Same as {Sem['e]}. --Walpole.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
powdered
adj : consisting of fine particles; "powdered cellulose"; "powdery
snow"; "pulverized sugar is prepared from granulated
sugar by grinding" [syn: {powdery}, {pulverized}, {pulverised},
{small-grained}, {fine-grained}]
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