cartridgen.
/ˈkɑːtrɪdʒ/, U.S. /ˈkɑrtrɪdʒ/ 1. † c. = cartridge-box n. at Compounds. Obsolete.
a. Military. The case in which the exact charge of powder for firearms is made up; of paper, parchment, pasteboard, flannel, serge, metal, etc., according to its use. Generally, for small-arms, the cartridge contains the bullet as well as the powder (called distinctively a ball-cartridge); if it contains no ball, it is a blank cartridge.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > ammunition for firearms > [noun] > cartridge
cartridge1579
cartouche1611
shell1740
1579 L. Digges & T. Digges Stratioticos 116 Cases of Haileshot in manner of Cartages.
1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Scarnuzzo, a cartage so called of gunners.
1625 G. Markham Souldiers Accidence 42 Cartalages..for this or any other peece on horsebacke.
1626 J. Smith Accidence Young Sea-men 2 The Maister Gunner hath the charge of the..Spunges, Cartrages, Armes.
1647 N. Nye Art of Gunnery i. 38 Canvas, or strong paper (to make Cartredges).
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Cartouche (Fr.), a charge of powder and shot ready made up in a paper; we corruptly call it a cartage.
1665 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 1 84 A Cartridge full of Gunpowder.
1677 Earl of Orrery Treat. Art of War 58 If the Powder in the Cartruce be wet.
1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Carthrage..a bag of Canvas..of such a depth as to contain just so much Powder as the Charge of the Piece: Also a Charge of Powder and Shot made ready in a Paper for any smaller Gun.
1702 E. Chamberlayne Present State Great Brit. (ed. 20) 369 Ordnance..with cartrouches and ball for service.
1868 Queen's Regulations & Orders Army §630 a 90 rounds of ball Cartridge and 60 rounds of blank Cartridge.
1887 Murray's Mag. Aug. 181 The famous buckshot-cartridges were ordered by the Government that preceded him [Mr. Forster].
b. transferred and figurative.
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1673 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd ii. 182 'Tis pity that you..did not..fill the cartridges or distribute them to each magistrate according to his calibre.
1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. vi. 221 Pellets or Cartrages of the same forme..made not of the leaves of the same tree..but plainly of the Rose.
1826 Sheridan in Sheridaniana Every line is a cartridge of wit in itself.
1872 C. J. Lever Ld. Kilgobbin lxvii What rare wisdom it is not to fire away one's last cartridge.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > equipment for use with firearms > [noun] > cartridge-box or -pouch
bandoleer1611
cartridge1627
pouch1627
vandaliroa1660
collar1672
patrontash1685
cartouche-box1697
cartridge-box1699
cartridge-case1769
salt-box1803
cartouche1807
patron1829
thimble-belt1901
stall1906
1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. xiv. 66 They haue also Cartrages or rather cases for Cartrages made of Lattin to keepe the Cartrages in.
1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I. (at cited word) There are also Tin Cartridges, in which the Paper or Parchment ones are both formed and carried.
d.
(a) Photography. A spool of film in a (cylindrical) light-proof container designed for daylight loading; esp. one that requires mere insertion into a suitable camera.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > plates and films > [noun] > film > cartridge or cassette
cartridge1918
film can1921
cassette1934
1918 Photo-Miniature Mar. 9 Film Cartridge, roll of sensitive film (for negatives) wound on a spool and enclosed within a longer band of black paper for daylight changing.
1940 A. L. M. Sowerby Wall's Dict. Photogr. (ed. 15) 111 The term cartridge is sometimes applied to roll films in spools.
1969 New Yorker 11 Oct. 17/2 (advt.) This is it... The most automatic automatic. Just drop in the film cartridge.
1970 Amateur Photographer 11 Mar. 32/3 The 126 cartridge consists of two film chambers joined by a double ‘bridge’ which forms a channel for the film to pass through.
(b) A small container for chemicals.
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the world > matter > chemistry > equipment or apparatus > [noun] > general vessels > others
aludela1400
sublimatoryc1405
rotumbea1475
capel1527
firepot1595
digestory1676
digester1681
capsule1727
pneumatic trough1800
receiver1808
collector1860
cartridge1920
1920 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Cartridge, a small case or capsule of chemicals.
1940 A. L. M. Sowerby Wall's Dict. Photogr. (ed. 15) 111 Dry photographic chemicals are often put up in cartridge form for the use of tourists.
(c) = cassette n. d.
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society > communication > record > recording or reproducing sound or visual material > [noun] > tape > closed container of
cartridge1960
cassette1960
tape cartridge1961
audio cassette1971
tape cassette1972
digital compact cassette1983
1960 Tape Recording & Hi-Fi Mag. 20 Apr. 18/2 Sufficient tape is contained within the three-inch wide cartridge to provide 65 minutes' playing time without interruption.
1966 Tape Recording Year Bk. 7 For some years tape recorder manufacturers have been trying to come to terms with the tape cassette (alternatively called a cartridge, or sometimes a magazine).
1970 Daily Tel. 16 Mar. 24/2 The ‘8 track’ cartridge..gives four stereo tracks of about 20 minutes each on a closed loop of tape.
e. Part of the pick-up arm of a gramophone or record-player (see quots. 1961, 1962).
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society > communication > record > recording or reproducing sound or visual material > sound recording and reproduction > sound recording or reproducing equipment > [noun] > record-playing equipment > cartridge
cartridge1941
turnover cartridge1958
1941 J. F. Rider Automatic Record Changers & Recorders ii. 43/1 In the case of crystal pickups.. it is inadvisable to make any attempt to repair the crystal, it being preferable to replace the defective crystal with a new cartridge.
1946 Electronics Sept. 164/2 A standard type of crystal pickup arm with the carbon button assembly mounted in place of the crystal cartridge.
1961 G. A. Briggs A to Z in Audio 28 Cartridge, the head of a pickup containing the voltage generating mechanisms and stylus assembly, which clips on or plugs in to the tone arm.
1962 A. Nisbett Technique Sound Studio 243 Cartridge can mean removable pick-up head or capsule. A tape capsule (or cartridge) is a double spool of tape in a single container (comprising both feed and take up) which does not need to be laced up before replay.
1963 Which? Jan. 8 The head contains the cartridge, and set into the cartridge is the stylus.
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b. The volute of an Ionic capital.
c. A tablet representing a sheet of paper with the ends rolled up; = cartouche n. 2a, 2b, 2c. Obsolete.
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1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Cartoche as cartouche; also a Cartridge or roll (in architecture).
1756 T. Nugent Grand Tour IV. 90 The cartridges in the cieling are also by [Le Brun].
3. (See quot. 1747.)
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1747 W. Hooson Miners Dict. sig. E1b When the Miner haums a Pick, there is always some of the Haum comes through the Eye on the other Side..that part he calls the Cartridge.
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attributive and in other combinations.
cartridge-bag n. a flannel bag, etc., containing the charge of powder for a cannon.
cartridge-belt n. a belt having pockets for cartridges.
cartridge-box n. a box for storing or carrying cartridges; the case in which a soldier carries his supply of cartridges; also see quot. 1867.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > equipment for use with firearms > [noun] > cartridge-box or -pouch
bandoleer1611
cartridge1627
pouch1627
vandaliroa1660
collar1672
patrontash1685
cartouche-box1697
cartridge-box1699
cartridge-case1769
salt-box1803
cartouche1807
patron1829
thimble-belt1901
stall1906
1699 W. Dampier Voy. & Descr. i. iv. 70 The Soldiers have each a Cartage Box, covered with leather.
1802 J. Home Hist. Rebellion iv. 74 A musket, bayonet, and cartridge-box, were delivered to each volunteer.
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Cartridge-box, a cylindrical wooden box..just containing one cartridge, and used for its safe conveyance from the magazine to the gun..The term is loosely applied to the ammunition-pouch.
cartridge-case n. (a) = cartridge-box n.; (b) the paper which contains the powder of a cartridge.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > equipment for use with firearms > [noun] > cartridge-box or -pouch
bandoleer1611
cartridge1627
pouch1627
vandaliroa1660
collar1672
patrontash1685
cartouche-box1697
cartridge-box1699
cartridge-case1769
salt-box1803
cartouche1807
patron1829
thimble-belt1901
stall1906
1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Transl. French Terms Lanterne à gargausies, a cartridge-case, to carry the cartridges from the ship's magazine to the artillery.
cartridge-cry n.
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1858 J. B. Norton Topics for Indian Statesmen 7 The cartridge-cry..did not originate with the sepoys.
cartridge-filler n. (a) one who fills cartridges; (b) an appliance for charging cartridge-cases with the proper quantity of powder.
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society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by branch of army > [noun] > artilleryman > assistants
match-man1612
fireworker1617
matross1639
bombardier1688
gun-lascar1798
sponger1828
horse-holder1837
cartridge-filler1871
society > armed hostility > warrior > armed man > [noun] > one armed with or using firearm > artilleryman > assistants
match-man1612
fireworker1617
matross1639
bombardier1688
gun-lascar1798
horse-holder1837
cartridge-filler1871
1871 J. Ruskin Fors Clavigera I. vi. 8 Every collier and cartridge-filler is as fit for Elysium as any heathen could be.
cartridge-paper n. a strong kind of paper, used for making cartridges, and also for rough drawings, etc.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > equipment for painting or drawing > [noun] > surface for painting or drawing > paper
plain paper1662
cartridge-paper1712
drawing paper1735
Poona paper1829
pounce paper1858
not1859
Whatman1880
art paper1898
Ingres paper1910
1712 Act 10 Anne in London Gaz. No. 5018/3 Paper called..Cartridge Paper.
1744 H. Beighton in Philos. Trans. 1740–41 (Royal Soc.) 41 750 Fine Paper pasted on Cartridge-paper, or Two Papers pasted together.
cartridge-shot n. shot contained in cartridges.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > ammunition for firearms > [noun] > bullet or shot collectively > shot > small
pellet1372
die?c1390
hail-shot1485
die-shot1581
dice-shot1588
birdshot1626
key-shot1648
mould shot1675
cartridge-shot1690
small shot1727
drop1753
shot-cornc1792
dust-shot1800
sparrow-hail1859
steel1898
scattershot1961
1690 London Gaz. No. 2544/3 Major la Borde was kill'd with Carthrage-shot from the last Cannon that was fired.
1753 J. Hanway Hist. Acct. Brit. Trade Caspian Sea III. iv. xxvi. 207 These [camels] carried cartridge-shot to a great distance.
cartridge starter n. a device for starting an internal-combustion engine, esp. in an aeroplane, by means of an explosive charge.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > internal-combustion engine > [noun] > parts of > starters
fire syringe1822
starting handle1836
magneto1882
self-starter1884
plug1886
gas starter1898
ignition plug1900
sparking plug1902
spark plug1903
dual ignition1909
impulse coupling1916
impulse starter1916
kick-starter1916
mag1918
cut-in1921
cartridge starter1922
recoil starter1931
glow plug1947
ignition1961
1922 Flight 14 65/1 For use when no accumulators are carried there is the ‘cartridge’ starter, originated and, we believe, patented by Farmans.
1956 J. E. Johnson Wing Leader 68 Which provided extra power and incorporated the Coffman cartridge starter.
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(d) a small disposable container of ink, designed to fit into the barrel of a pen (usually a fountain pen) and serve as a refill; cf. ink cartridge n. (a) at ink n.1 Additions.
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society > communication > writing > writing materials > writing instrument > [noun] > pen > refill for pen
refill1883
cartridge1945
1945 Business Week 26 May 93/1 The radically new fountain pen with a ball-bearing point... The invention of a Hungarian by the name of Ladislav Biro..each full-sized pen will be equipped with a replaceable cartridge containing..a special, dry-writing, viscous ink.
1955 Stationery Trade Rev. Apr. 120/1 The first major change in design among English fountain pens for a number of years has now been announced officially, by the Waterman Pen Co. Ltd... Instead of a bulky..filling mechanism to draw fluid from an ink bottle, the ink is provided in a small plastic cartridge. The pen is unscrewed, the cartridge slipped into place and the instrument is ready to write.
1970 Kay & Co. (Worcester) Catal. 1970–71 Autumn–Winter 947/2 14 ct. gold nib and a convertible filling system—with a Quink cartridge or an ink bottle refill.
1974 Encycl. Brit. Macropædia XIX. 1045/2 Later, successful fountain pens appeared that could be filled simply by inserting a filled ink capsule called a cartridge. The cartridge system is the most popular filling means in the U.S. today, but elsewhere filling from an ink bottle is preferred.
(e) Any of various disposable or refillable containers for ink, toner, etc., used in electronic printers and photocopiers.
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society > communication > printing > printing machine or press > parts of printers or presses > [noun] > ink reservoir > refillable container for dispensing ink
ink cartridge1955
cartridge1985
1985 Data Processing Sept. 33/3 When the ink runs out, it is replenished by replacing an hermatically [sic] sealed drop-in cartridge.
1988 Design Graphics World Feb. 35/3 The printer displays an error message on the LCD panel when the toner cartridge needs to be refilled.
1991 What Personal Computer Dec. 126/1 PostScript isn't exactly fast, even on a dedicated laser printer, and it's postively tardy when it's cartridge-based.
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cartridge pen n. a fountain pen designed to take ink cartridges.
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society > communication > writing > writing materials > writing instrument > [noun] > pen > fountain pen > type of
stylographic pen1880
stylograph1882
stylo1890
autopen1905
cartridge pen1955
1955 Stationery Trade Rev. Aug. 67/1 What is claimed to be the ‘first popular-priced cartridge fountain pen’ has recently been introduced... Called the Sheaffer ‘Fineline’ cartridge pen, it is filled by inserting an ink-loaded cartridge into the barrel.
1977 Private Eye 13 May 23/3 (advt.) Refillable ballpens and cartridge pens that look good and feel good.
1990 Amiga Computing Dec. 166 (advt.) The three pull-top pens in their presentation case consist of: One cartridge pen, One ballpoint pen, One fine liner.
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cartridge fuse n. a fuse in the form of a small cylindrical cartridge containing a length of fuse wire and with metal caps at each end, designed for easy insertion into and removal from a fuse box, plug, etc.
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1901 U.S. Patent 713,503 1/2 Spring-clips grip the metallic ends..of the cartridge fuses to make good contact and complete the circuit.
1965 G. Daniels How to be Home Electrician xv. 128 The cartridge fuse is cylindrical in form with metal caps or knife-blade terminals at each end.
2007 Journal (Newcastle) (Nexis) 9 Sept. (Homemaker section) 17 Besides the safety equipment on a switchboard, all 13-amp plugs are fitted with a replaceable cartridge fuse.
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