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Who knows, when powder'd well, and stol'd in white,
The Age Reviewed 2010
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Drink, which will become a sort of Crust or Cover to help to keep the Cold out: Others will put in one or two Ounces of powder'd Ginger, which will so heat the Wort as to bring it forward: Others will take a Gallon Stone
The London and Country Brewer Anonymous
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In vain the mastodon retreats beneath his own powder'd bones;
Birds and Poets : with Other Papers John Burroughs 1879
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_ Have you lately had any Potters powder'd Lead by you or in your Possession?
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In vain the mastodon retreats beneath its own powder'd bones,
Leaves of Grass Walt Whitman 1855
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Quantity they please, (for Instance, four large Spoonfuls, which weigh about an Ounce) and mix with it two or three Pinches of powder'd
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The Bark of the Root, of that which we call the Prickly Ash, being dried and powder'd, has been found to be a Specifick, in old Ulcers, and Long-running Sores.
The History and Present State of Virginia, in Four Parts 1722
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Vanity appeared in his Air: His hair, well curl'd and powder'd, hung to a considerable Length on his Shoulders, and was wantonly ty'd, as if by the Hands of his Mistress, in a Scarlet Ribbon, which played like a Streamer behind him: He had a Coat and
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The Coach was drawn by six milk-white Horses, and loaden behind with the same Number of powder'd Foot-men.
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Take your Peaches, as before directed, and order them as you did before in paring them and slitting them; then lay them into the Coffins, and when you have sifted on them some fine powder'd Loaf-Sugar, pour over them some
The Country Housewife and Lady's Director in the Management of a House, and the Delights and Profits of a Farm Richard Bradley 1710
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