| 单词 | buckshot-cartridge |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbuckshot-cartridge 2. A coarse kind of shot, larger than swan-shot, used in shooting deer or other large game. Also attributive, as in buckshot-cartridge; buckshot-cinder n. (see quot.). buckshot-rule n. a political nickname for government (of Ireland) upheld by a constabulary with loaded rifles, which arose during the Chief-Secretaryship of Mr. W. E. Forster, and was especially associated with his name, though the order that the constabulary should load with buck-shot, instead of ball as formerly, was made under his predecessor Mr. J. Lowther. buckshot soil n. U.S. (see quot.). buckshot war n. U.S. an outbreak in Pennsylvania in 1838, arising out of election disputes, so called because orders were issued to the troops to have cartridges loaded with ‘buckshot and ball’. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > shooting > shooting equipment > [noun] > shot-gun or fowling-piece > shot swan-shot1639 goose-shota1658 buck-shot1776 mustard seed1809 swan-drop1821 snipe-shot1822 buck1845 swan-post1846 loopers1886 society > authority > rule or government > a or the system of government > other systems > [noun] > by force chirocracy1677 command1693 coercion1798 cannonarchy1841 buckshot-rule1881 society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > materials produced from metalworking > [noun] > slag or scoria > of specific metals lead-ashes1515 quittor1671 bottom1852 buckshot-cinder1881 lead-ash1882 red mud1936 1776 O. Schuyler in J. Sparks Corr. Amer. Revol. (1853) I. 252 Should the enemy advance..we shall be at a loss for ball and buckshot. 1842 Congress. Globe 16 June 609/1 Mr. Benton believed that was the phrase used in Pennsylvania, in time of the buckshot war. 1871 S. de Vere Americanisms (1872) 279 A Whiskey War in Pennsylvania..followed by the so-called Buckshot War. 1871 G. H. Napheys Prevention & Cure Dis. iii. iv. 740 A piece about the size of a buckshot is the ordinary dose. 1871 R. Somers Southern States since War 144 The soil is a dry deep red loam—what is called, in the language of the country [sc. the state of Mississippi], ‘a buckshot soil’, with a good deal of lime in it. 1881 Parnell in Daily News 3 Oct. 6/3 Enemies to buckshot rule. 1881 Trans. Amer. Inst. Mining Engineers 1880–1 9 112 Buckshot-cinder, cinder from the iron blast-furnace, containing grains of iron. 1885 Suakim iv. 88 To be used at night pending the arrival of buckshot cartridges from England. < as lemmas |
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