pulvĕro, āre, v. n. and a. [pulvis].
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.