DUSTING BAG
\dˈʌstɪŋ bˈaɡ], \dˈʌstɪŋ bˈaɡ], \d_ˈʌ_s_t_ɪ_ŋ b_ˈa_ɡ]\
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In pharmacy, a kind of sieve, which consists of a bag made of lawn or other like material, hung inside of a wide-mouthed bottle or tin canister, to the mouth of which it is secured. The powdered substance is put into the bag, and the mouth being closed with a cover, the apparatus is shaken, and the finer particles pass into the bottle or canister.
By Robley Dunglison
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