I.a. [id.].
I. To scatter dust; to bestrew with dust, to dust: non (volo) hoc (vestibulum) pulveret (for pulveretur, should be full of dust, v. Gell. l. l.), Plaut. Fragm. ap. Gell. 18, 12, 4: “se,” Plin. 11, 33, 39, § 114.—
B. In partic., in vintagers' lang., to cover the vines with dust, by digging up the soil (as a protection against the sun and mist): “vineas,” Col. 11, 2, 60: “vites,” Pall. 4, 7, 1; 7, 1, 2: “uvas,” Plin. 17, 9, 5, § 49.—
II. To reduce to powder, to pulverize: “herbas,” Calp. Ecl. 5, 88.