† corn-powdern.

Obsolete.

Gunpowder that has been ‘corned’ or granulated.

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corn-powder1562

train1587

meal-powder1782

green charge1825

gunpowder cake1839

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pellet powder1868

prismatic powder1869

pebble powder1870

pebble1872

prismatic1894

1562 P. Whitehorne Certain Waies Orderyng Souldiers f. 41, in tr. N. Machiavelli Arte of Warre Putinge in the mouthes of the holes..a littel fyne corne poulder.

1581 T. Styward Pathwaie to Martiall Discipline i. 12 Bullets, Chaineshot, Cros~barres, Corne-powder, Serpentine powder.

1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. xiv. 71 That [powder] for small Ordnance is called corne Powder fine.

1711 Mil. & Sea Dict. (ed. 4) at Powder There are two sorts of it; the one call'd Serpentine, which is in Dust without corning, the other Corn-Powder.

1799 tr. Laboratory (ed. 6) I. i. 10 Corn powder is whole gunpowder.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	corn-powder
释义	† corn-powdern. Obsolete. Gunpowder that has been ‘corned’ or granulated. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > ammunition for firearms > [noun] > explosive for use with firearms > in specific form or state corn-powder1562 train1587 meal-powder1782 green charge1825 gunpowder cake1839 mill-cake1839 presscake1839 pellet powder1868 prismatic powder1869 pebble powder1870 pebble1872 prismatic1894 1562 P. Whitehorne Certain Waies Orderyng Souldiers f. 41, in tr. N. Machiavelli Arte of Warre Putinge in the mouthes of the holes..a littel fyne corne poulder. 1581 T. Styward Pathwaie to Martiall Discipline i. 12 Bullets, Chaineshot, Cros~barres, Corne-powder, Serpentine powder. 1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. xiv. 71 That [powder] for small Ordnance is called corne Powder fine. 1711 Mil. & Sea Dict. (ed. 4) at Powder There are two sorts of it; the one call'd Serpentine, which is in Dust without corning, the other Corn-Powder. 1799 tr. Laboratory (ed. 6) I. i. 10 Corn powder is whole gunpowder. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1562
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