sandiness &c adj.; efflorescence; friability.
powder, dust, sand, shingle; sawdust; grit; meal, bran, flour,
farina, rice, paddy, spore, sporule†; crumb, seed, grain; particle &c
(smallness) 32; limature†, filings, debris, detritus, tailings, talus
slope, scobs†, magistery†, fine powder; flocculi [Lat.].
smoke; cloud of dust, cloud of sand, cloud of smoke; puff of
smoke, volume of smoke; sand storm, dust storm.
[Reduction to powder] pulverization, comminution†, attenuation,
granulation, disintegration, subaction†, contusion, trituration [Chem],
levigation†, abrasion, detrition, multure†; limitation; tripsis†; filing
&c v.. [Instruments for pulverization] mill, arrastra†, gristmill,
grater, rasp, file, mortar and pestle, nutmeg grater, teeth, grinder,
grindstone, kern†, quern†, koniology†.
V. come to dust; be disintegrated, be reduced to powder &c reduce to
powder, grind to powder; pulverize, comminute, granulate, triturate,
levigate†; scrape, file, abrade, rub down, grind, grate, rasp, pound,
bray, bruise; contuse, contund†; beat, crush, cranch†, craunch†, crunch,
scranch†, crumble, disintegrate; attenuate &c 195.
Adj. powdery, pulverulent†, granular, mealy, floury, farinaceous,
branny†, furfuraceous†, flocculent, dusty, sandy, sabulous†, psammous†;
arenose†, arenarious†, arenaceous†; gritty, efflorescent, impalpable;
lentiginous†, lepidote†, sabuline†; sporaceous†, sporous†.
pulverizable; friable, crumbly, shivery; pulverized &c v.;
attrite†; in pieces.