| 单词 | quill-tube |
| 释义 | > as lemmasquill-tube quill-tube n. (a) = sense 5; (b) = sense 2a. ΚΠ 1831 T. O'Scanlan Diccionario Marítimo Español at Tubes Quill tubes, estopines de lata. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Quill-tubes, those in use with port-fires for firing guns before the introduction of detonating and friction tubes. 1883 W. S. Gresley Gloss. Terms Coal Mining 234 Squib, a straw, rush, paper, or quill tube filled with a priming of gunpowder,..and ignited by means of a smift. 1933 S. W. Cole Pract. Physiol. Chem. (ed. 9) ix. 210 Transfer a drop or two of the digesting mixture to one of the tubes containing the diluted iodine by means of a quill tube. 1960 F. G. Mann & B. C. Saunders Pract. Org. Chem. (ed. 4) i. 28 The capillary tube E..should never be prepared by drawing out an ordinary glass ‘quill’ tube, otherwise the fine capillary so obtained will be too fragile. 1987 R. J. Wilkinson-Latham Discovering Artillery (ed. 2) vi. 64 The detonating quill tube, introduced in about 1845, was designed to supersede both the gun lock and the linstock. < as lemmas |
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