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单词 pulverain
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pulverainn.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French pulvérin.
Etymology: < French pulvérin (1545 in Middle French in this sense; now usually in sense ‘kind of gunpowder consisting of a mix of finely ground saltpetre, coal, and sulphur’ (1552); apparently < Italian polverino powder horn (although this is apparently first attested later in this sense: 1565; a1555 in sense ‘gunpowder’, a1566 in sense ‘fine powder in general’; < polvere pulver n. + -ino -ine suffix4)), apparently with alteration after, or confusion with, French words in -ain.
Obsolete. rare.
A powder horn. Noted as obsolete in quot. 1890 and not otherwise attested.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > equipment for use with firearms > [noun] > container for gunpowder
powder box1379
powder barrel1496
powder poke1496
powder horn1508
powder bag1533
flask1549
powder flask1552
budge-barrel1627
powder chest1627
powder magazine1712
auget1752
powder keg1791
salting-box1802
pulverain1890
1890 Cent. Dict. Pulverain, a powder-horn, especially one for fine priming-powder.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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