"polverine" meaning in English

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        "Glassmaker's ashes; a kind of potash or pearlash, brought from the Levant and Syria, used in the manufacture of fine glass."
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          "ref": "1946, Kenneth Walker, I talk of dreams: an experiment in autobiography, page 145",
          "text": "Mosquitoes and polverines, little midges so small as to be scarcely visible, rose in a cloud from the water and settled on our hands and faces.",
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          "ref": "1980, David Attenborough, The Zoo Quest Expeditions: Travels in Guyana, Indonesia, and Paraguay",
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        "A tiny biting insect found in South America."
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        "(countable) A tiny biting insect found in South America."
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