单词 | powder-trier |
释义 | > as lemmaspowder-trier ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > production and development of arms > [noun] > manufacture of firearms and ammunition > testing > testing instruments > apparatus for testing gunpowder powder-trier1667 eprouvette1782 powder prover1792 proof1800 provett1811 1667 Sir R. Moray in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 2 476 The Strength of the Powder must be examin'd by a Powder-Tryer. 1782 B. Thompson in Philos. Trans. 1781 (Royal Soc.) 71 298 All the eprouvettes, or powder-triers, in common use are defective. 1854 R. S. Surtees Handley Cross xxvii. 199 Guns, swords, game-bags, powder-tryers. < as lemmas |
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