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单词 pulverine
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pulverinen.

Forms: 1800s pulverin, 1800s pulverine.
Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a borrowing from Italian. Perhaps a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Italian polverino ; Italian polverina ; Latin pulver- , pulvis , -ine suffix4.
Etymology: Origin uncertain; either < Italian polverino sodic ash used in glass-making (c1600; rare; < polvere powder n.1 + -ino -ine suffix4), or perhaps < Italian polverina dust, fine powder (1563), medicinal powder (a1764; < polvere powder n.1 + -ina -ine suffix4), or independently < classical Latin pulver-, pulvis pulver n. + -ine suffix4.
Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
The alkaline ash resulting from burning the barilla plant ( Salsola soda). Cf. barilla n. 2a.
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1836 B. H. Smart Walker Remodelled 499/1 Pulverin, ashes of barilla.
1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Pulverine, barilla ashes.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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