dusting powder
noun
a powder used on the skin, especially to relieve irritation or absorb moisture.
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dusting-powdernounfine powder (such as talcum powder) used to absorb moisture, etc
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Etymology
Origin of dusting powder
First recorded in 1905–10
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She said state police badly damaged the fingerprints they found at the crime scene with smears and excess dusting powder.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 6, 2020
She shook some dusting powder into a plastic tub and the students held it up to the open cage.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 24, 2016
Cologne and dusting powder for Magdalene called Lena; a compact for Corinthians; a five-pound box of chocolates for his mother.
From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison
Injections of a dilute tincture of iodin were employed every second or third day for a month and the wound was kept covered with the antiseptic dusting powder referred to heretofore.
From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by John Victor Lacroix
Take two ounces of baking soda, mix with half an ounce of corn starch, and use as a dusting powder, after the parts have been thoroughly cleansed and dried.
From Making Good on Private Duty by Harriet Camp Lounsbery
When he returned them to me, I took them home and carefully dusted each on both sides with a certain surgical dusting-powder.
From John Thorndyke's Cases related by Christopher Jervis and edited by R. Austin Freeman by R. Austin (Richard Austin) Freeman
M. Probably the best plan is to use a lotion and a dusting-powder conjointly; dabbing on the wash freely, allowing it to dry, and then dusting over with the powder.
From Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine by Henry Weightman Stelwagon
A useful dusting-powder is one consisting of calamine and 5 per cent. salicylic acid; the exsiccated sulphate of iron, in the form of a powder, may be employed in cases which resist this treatment.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson
A dusting-powder, consisting of boracic acid with 5 per cent. salicylic acid, may be rubbed into the hands after washing and drying.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson
Treatment consists of puncturing the lesions and application of dusting-powder.
From Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine by Henry Weightman Stelwagon
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