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pul·vil
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pulvilnoun
scented wig powder
Etymology: From polviglio, from pulvis
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Pulvilnoun
Sweet scents.
Etymology: pulvillum, Lat.
The toilette, nursery of charms,
Completely furnish’d with bright beauty’s arms,
The patch, the powder-box, pulvil, perfumes. John Gay.To Pulvilverb
To sprinkle with perfumes in powder.
Etymology: from the noun.
Have you pulvilled the coachman and postilion, that they may not stink of the stable. William Congreve, Way of the World.
Webster Dictionary
Pulvilnoun
a sweet-scented powder; pulvillio
Pulvilverb
to apply pulvil to
Etymology: [It. polviglio, fr. L. pulvis, pulveris, dust, powder: cf. Sp. polvillo.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Pulvil
pul′vil, n. a bag of perfumed powder.—Also Pulvil′io. [It. polviglio—L. pulvillus, a little cushion—pulvinus, a cushion.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of pulvil in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of pulvil in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
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