| 单词 | prime-powder |
| 释义 | > as lemmasprime-powder 2. The gunpowder with which a gun is primed. Also more fully prime-powder. Cf. prime v.2 3a.In quot. 1663 perhaps: the pan for the priming. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > ammunition for firearms > [noun] > primer > priming-powder touch-powder1497 toucha1500 priming powder1606 priminga1625 prime1663 amorce1779 1663 Marquis of Worcester Cent. Names & Scantlings Inventions §44 A perfect Pistol..with Prime, Powder and Fire-lock. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Prime of a Gun, the Powder that is put in the Pan, or Touch-hole. 1738 J. Wesley Wks. (1830) I. 164 He went and got fresh prime, beat the flint with his key and..shot himself through the head. 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine sig. I4v The..priming-iron..[serves] to clear the inside of the touch-hole, and render it fit to receive the prime. 1823 W. Faux Mem. Days Amer. 48 The colonel..then attempted to shoot himself, but had no prime. 1837 Bentley's Misc. Apr. 380 No wonder you burned prime. < as lemmas |
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