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
It is when combined with levigated talc to form the paint of the toilette that the red becomes most serviceable.
From Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists by Thomas Salter
Make a mixture of cream of tartar, 2 parts; levigated chalk, 2p.
From Practical Mechanics for Boys by James Slough Zerbe
Mix the filtrate with a sufficient quantity of finely levigated vermilion until a rather thick liquid is obtained.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 1178, June 25, 1898 by Various
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
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
