单词 | time pencil |
释义 | > as lemmastime pencil time pencil n. (a) a pencil used (in various measuring devices) to mark the passage of time, or to record the variation in something over time (now rare); (b) a pencil-shaped device functioning as a delayed-action detonator or firing-switch. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > ammunition for firearms > [noun] > bullet or shell > shell > fuse fuse1647 fusee1704 fuzze1802 nose-fuse1888 cheesa stick1906 device1931 Primacord1937 time pencila1944 1847 N.Y. Munic. Gaz. 30 June 766/2 The time pencils are moved by a wheel and pinion driven by a weight, and attached to the radius bars outside of the plates by a crank and silk cord. 1922 Trans. Soc. Automotive Engineers 1921 16 i. 46 The notched line..is made by the time pencil and indicates minutes elapsed. a1944 H. Dormer Diary (1947) 81 The charges were made up with ten-minute time pencils. 1977 J. Hutchison That Drug Danger xi. 88/1 Having pressed the time pencil which set off the explosive a quarter of an hour or one or two hours later. 1999 J. Elliot Unexpected Light (2000) iii. 103 There were reels of detonating cord, blasting caps, time pencils for delayed explosions and what looked like switches for setting booby-traps. < as lemmas |
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