levigate
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Mark first the rationale of the thing: Hear logic rivel and levigate the deed.
From The Book of Humorous Verse by Carolyn Wells
Is levigated talc passed through a silk sieve.
From The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants by George William Septimus Piesse
Let the solution stand for several days; then add 8 ounces of putrid cheese broken up with 3 lbs. of skimmed and curdled sour milk and 3 lbs. of levigated chalk.
From The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants by George William Septimus Piesse
Called, when levigated, Body white, is an English white lead in the form of scales or plates, sometimes grey on the surface.
From Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists by Thomas Salter
The phosphide obtained by heating cupric phosphate, Cu2H2P2O8, in hydrogen, when mixed with potassium and cuprous sulphides or levigated coke, constitutes “Abel’s fuse,” which is used as a primer.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3 "Convention" to "Copyright" by Various
It is usually levigated with slab and roller, and made into sour cakes.
From First Footsteps in East Africa by Sir Richard Francis Burton
This process consists in finely pulverizing the soil or rock, and levigating it in vessels of water.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" by Various
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