| 单词 | grain powder |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgrain powder b. spec. Of gunpowder: a particle of definite size, varying according to requirements. (Also poetic in collective sense.) Also attributive in large grain, small grain, etc. grain powder. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > ammunition for firearms > [noun] > explosive for use with firearms > grain of corn1595 powder corn1612 grain1667 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 817 The Smuttie graine With sudden blaze diffus'd, inflames the Aire. View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vi. 515 Sulphurous and Nitrous Foame..they reduc'd To blackest grain, and into store conveyd. View more context for this quotation 1716 J. Gay Trivia iii. 78 The smutty Train With running Blaze awakes the barrell'd Grain. 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine at Cannon The powder..expands so as to occupy a much greater space than when in grains. 1846 W. Greener Sci. Gunnery (new ed.) 248 All barrels have a size of grain that will suit them best. 1859 F. A. Griffiths Artillerist's Man. (1862) 92 Large grain, or common powder. < as lemmas |
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