A tube, casing, cord, etc., filled or saturated with combustible material, by means of which a military shell, the blast of a mine, etc. is…

Material, such as hempen cord, that is made or treated so as to burn very slowly, used for making matchlocks, firing cannon, igniting a trail of…

string or cord, typically impregnated with saltpetre, used as a fuse to set off an explosive device; a piece of this; cf. touchpaper, n.

Mining. A line or cable used to initiate an explosion at a distance; a long fuse.

attributive and in other combinations (sense 5), as blasting-charge, blasting-fuse, blasting gelatine, blasting-powder, blasting-tools; blasting cart…

Mining. A fuse used to ignite a charge (see quot. 1883). Obsolete.

Elliptical uses of the adjective. A straw or other tube filled with gunpowder, used (esp. in mining) as a fuse for igniting a charge. Now historical.