Gunpowder for use with the serpentine; gunpowder in fine meal as distinguished from the corned or granulated kind.
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| 释义 | society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > ammunition for firearms > [noun] > explosive for use with firearms > specific (17) serpentine powder1497 Gunpowder for use with the serpentine; gunpowder in fine meal as distinguished from the corned or granulated kind. musket powder1644 the kind of gunpowder used for small arms. black powder1793 gunpowder. percussion powder1819 an explosive substance that ignites by percussion, esp. a powder used in percussion caps (originally chiefly potassium perchlorate, later mercury… wood powder1870 (a) powder made by disintegration of wood, as sawdust; (b) a kind of gunpowder made from light porous wood. musketry powder1876 Schultze gunpowder1881 an explosive having nitrolignin as its chief constituent, first made in England in 1863. sawdust-powder1883 a substitute for gunpowder, prepared by treating sawdust with acids. cocoa powder1884 A brown slow-burning variety of gunpowder, made using a lower proportion of sulphur and less fully carbonized charcoal than conventional black… brown powder1886 a brown-coloured type of gunpowder; = cocoa powder, n. 2. melinite1886 A high explosive, first developed in France, based on picric acid and similar to lyddite. lyddite1888 A high explosive, chiefly composed of picric acid, and believed closely to resemble melinite, n.1; used in the manufacture of explosive shells in… rifleite1891 A kind of smokeless powder for use in certain kinds of rifle. nitro powder1892 gunpowder prepared from nitro-compounds, typically containing either nitroglycerine or nitrocellulose, or both. turpinite1895 An explosive, used in making shells. nitro1900 An explosive mixture prepared using nitric acid; esp. nitro powder. Now chiefly historical. shimose1904 A form of lyddite made in Japan. |
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