| 释义 |
smift Mining.
[Of obscure origin.]
A kind of fuse or slow match used in blasting.
1839Ure Dict. Arts 836 Paper rubbed over with gun⁓powder or grease, for the smifts or fuses. Ibid., A paper smift..is then fixed to the top of the rush-tube. 1871W. Morgans Mining Tools 137 A ‘smift’, which is variously made of either a bit of touch-wood, touch-paper, greased candle-wick or paper,..is attached by a bit of grease or clay to the outside end of the train. |