Definition of polverine Polverine
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What does polverine mean?
Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- polverine (n.)
Glassmaker's ashes; a kind of potash or pearlash, brought from the Levant and Syria, -- used in the manufacture of fine glass.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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polverine
pol′vėr-in, n. the calcined ashes of a Levantine and Syrian plant, used in glass-making. [It. polverino—L. pulvis, pulvĕris, dust.]
