单词 | white powder |
释义 | > as lemmaswhite powder ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > explosive material > [noun] > supposed white powder1617 1617 J. Davies Wits Bedlam sig. H6 Snap-haunce speakes quicke & lowd; but stil amisse White powder then were best for him. a1625 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Honest Mans Fortune ii. ii, in Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Vuuuu/1 That you were kil'd with a Pistoll charg'd with white Powder. 1689 N. Lee Princess of Cleve ii. ii A Secret Lover's like a Gun charg'd with White Powder, does Execution but makes no noise. 1772 S. Whyte Shamrock 238 Chryses carrieth his Complaints to the young Lord Apollo, his Patron; who being an ingenious Chymist, had found out the Art of making White-Powder. < as lemmas |
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