Polverine

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Polverine \Pol"ve*rine\, n. [It. polverino, fr. polvere ?ust, L.
     pulvis, -veris. See {Powder}.]
     Glassmaker's ashes; a kind of potash or pearlash, brought
     from the Levant and Syria, -- used in the manufacture of fine
     glass.
     [1913 Webster]