单词 | smift |
释义 | smiftn. Mining. A kind of fuse or slow match used in blasting. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > mining equipment > [noun] > fuses, etc., used in blasting smift1839 snoff1860 straw1860 strum1880 squib1881 1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 836 Paper rubbed over with gun~powder or grease, for the smifts or fuses. 1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 836 A paper smift..is then fixed to the top of the rush-tube. 1871 W. Morgans Man. Mining Tools 137 A ‘smift’, which is variously made of either a bit of touch-wood, touch-paper, greased candle-wick or paper,..is attached by a bit of grease or clay to the outside end of the train. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1839 |
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