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ˈpowder-man
†a. ? A dealer in gunpowder. Obs.
b. A man who supplies the guns with powder on board a man-of-war.
c. One who attends to the powder used in blasting operations, etc.
1669Sturmy Mariner's Mag. v. xii. 67 . Every Gunner may have his Peter ready made refined and in Meal at the Powder-mens, or Chandlers. 1859F. A. Griffiths Artill. Man. (1862) 226 Stationary powdermen are allotted to every two guns. 1886Sci. Amer. LIV. 85/2 In driving the heading, each of the three shifts is made up of a boss, 4 drill men, 4 helpers on drills, 1 powder man, 1 car man, and 2 laborers. |