polverine

== English == === Etymology === From Italian polverino, from Latin pulvis (“dust”). Doublet of pulvinus. === Noun === polverine (countable and uncountable, plural polverines) (uncountable) Glassmaker's ashes; a kind of potash or pearlash, brought from the Levant and Syria, used in the manufacture of fine glass. (countable) A tiny biting insect found in South America. === References === “polverine”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. == Italian == === Noun === polverine f plural of polverina === Anagrams === prelevino