| 单词 | portfire stock |
| 释义 | > as lemmasportfire stock General attributive, as portfire clipper, portfire match, portfire stock, etc. ΚΠ 1779 G. Smith Universal Mil. Dict. at Laboratory The interior diameter of port-fire moulds should be 10/ 16 of an inch. 1806 W. Clark Jrnl. 2 Apr. in Jrnls. Lewis & Clark Exped. (1991) VII. 58 I had a Small pece of port fire match in my pocket, off of which I cut a pece. a1877 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. II. 1771/2 Port-fire Clipper, a nippers for cutting off the ends of port-fires. 1973 J. G. Farrell Siege of Krishnapur x. 145 Fleury grasped the portfire stick and touched it to the vent of the cannon. 1985 J. A. Greene Jean Lafitte National Hist. Park iv Portfire stock, used to ignite the priming powder, made of sheet metal about 11 inches long. < as lemmas |
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