In blasting: a metal rod placed in the drill-hole during the packing of the charge, leaving when withdrawn a touch hole for firing. Cf. stemmer, n.1
Mining. A pointed metal rod used to make a hole in the tamping of a blast-hole. Now historical.
(See quot. 1909.)
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