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
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
Many have imagined that colours vitrified by intense heat are consequently durable when levigated for painting in oil or water.
From Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists by Thomas Salter
Particles of stone worn or triturated in the gizzards of worms—Swallowed stones serve as mill-stones— The levigated state of the castings—Fragments of brick in the castings over ancient buildings well rounded.
From The formation of vegetable mould through the action of worms, with observations on their habits by Charles Darwin
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
