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Greener2|ˈgriːnə(r)|
Applied to rifles, cartridges, etc., made by, or according to the designs of, W. Greener (1806–1869), gunsmith and author, or his son, W. W. Greener, gunsmith and author.
1895Montgomery Ward Catal. 450/1 Facile Princeps Greener..fine Damascus barrels... No better shooting gun at any price. 1901Kynoch Jrnl. Apr.–May 93/2 Diagrams obtained with a Greener ·310 rifle and orthoptic sights. 1902Ibid. Apr.–May 84/1 Of these cartridges the Greener sharpshooter is probably the most popular. 1918E. S. Farrow Dict. Mil. Terms 271 Greener bullet, one of the first bullets made to take the grooves by the expanding action of the powder. It had a conical pewter wedge which was driven into a cavity in the base of the bullet by the powder and forced the outer walls of the bullet into the grooves. 1921Outward Bound June 45/1 Tucking away his valuable Greener under his arm. 1949H. Wadman Life Sentence 21 One of the beaters gave me a gun—it was a Greener. |