powder bagn.
/ˈpaʊdə baɡ/, U.S. /ˈpaʊdər ˌbæɡ/ A bag for carrying or holding powder of various kinds, as spices, salt, gunpowder, hair powder, etc.
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the world > food and drink > food > container for food > [noun] > chest, box, or bag > for salt or spices
powder bag1393
powder poke1496
saffron-bag?a1513
pepper polk1568
society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > equipment for use with firearms > [noun] > container for gunpowder
powder box1379
powder barrel1496
powder poke1496
powder horn1508
powder bag1533
flask1549
powder flask1552
budge-barrel1627
powder chest1627
powder magazine1712
auget1752
powder keg1791
salting-box1802
pulverain1890
the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > preparations used on the hair > [noun] > container for preparations > for powder
powder bag1807
1393 in L. T. Smith Exped. Prussia & Holy Land Earl Derby (1894) 152 (MED) Pro j pare powder-baggs, iiij d.
1506 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1901) III. 203 Powdir baggis.
1533 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1905) VI. 160 To iij careage hors to cary the gunstanis, pulder baggis, and uthir necessaris.
1612 R. Potts & W. Phettiplace Proc. Eng. Colony in Narr. Early Virginia (1907) 195 Sleeping in his boat..accidentallie one fired his powder bag; which tore his flesh from his bodie and thighes 9. or 10. inches square.
1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 478. ⁋13 On the other [side], Powder Baggs, Puffs, Combs and Brushes.
1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine at Mortar Cartridges..may be kept in the powder magazine..in the empty powder-barrels and powder-bags.
1807 R. Southey Lett. from Eng. I. i. 6 The man who cleans the boots is running in one direction, the barber with his powder-bag in another.
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Powder-bags, leathern bags containing from 20 to 40 lbs. of powder; substituted for petards at the instance of Lord Cochrane, as being more easily placed.
1915 A. Conan Doyle Valley of Fear ii. v. 264 He leaned the powder bag against it [sc. the door], ripped a hole in it with his knife, and attached the fuse.
1966 J. Stevens Cox Illustr. Dict. Hairdressing & Wigmaking 121/1 Powder-bag, a small bag with strings, used by hairdressers to carry hair powder when visiting clients to dress their hair. 18th cent.
2002 N. Ont. Business (Nexis) Sept. 14 Their best selling item being a durable, neoprene-coated powder bag [for the mining industry].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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