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dusting powder
noun
- a powder used on the skin, especially to relieve irritation or absorb moisture.
dusting-powder
noun
- fine powder (such as talcum powder) used to absorb moisture, etc
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Word History and Origins
Origin of dusting powder1
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Example Sentences
This is painted over the parts and allowed to dry, and a mild dusting powder sprinkled over.
The same applications or a dusting powder of calomel may also be used on moist papules.
Iodol may also be applied to ulcers as a dusting-powder, usually mixed with one to several parts of zinc oxide or boric acid.
The entire wound is then covered with a dusting powder composed of zinc oxide, boric acid, exsiccated alum, phenol and camphor.
He left the colt in the pasture and all the care it received was the regular application of a proprietary dusting powder.
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