| 释义 |
spitz-devil
[f. spit n.2 or v.2 Cf. the variant spitting-devil.]
A small sputtering fire-ball made from wetted gunpowder. Also ellipt. spitz.
1880Carnegie Pract. Trap. 15 Light it, and place it in the hole instead of the spitz. Ibid. 16 After having made a ‘spitz devil’, as we called it at school, light it in the hole. |