| 单词 | priming powder |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspriming powder priming powder n. now historical = sense 10a. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > ammunition for firearms > [noun] > primer > priming-powder touch-powder1497 toucha1500 priming powder1606 priminga1625 prime1663 amorce1779 1606 B. Barnes Foure Bks. Offices iv. 206 Priming powder, with pinnes, rests, wormes, wyers, ramming staues. 1708 Mil. Dict. (ed. 3) Priming-Iron, is a small sharp Iron which they thrust in at the Touch-hole of a Gun, to make Way through the Cartridge for the Priming-Powder to meet with the Charge. 1869 C. Boutell tr. J. P. Lacombe Arms & Armour xi. 246 By this contrivance fire is conveyed to the priming-powder by a gun-cock, which holds in its grasp the flint. 1992 Women & Guns July 9/1 In the case of a flintlock gun (which predates the percussion system of ignition), flint striking a steel ‘frizzen’ ignites priming powder, which in turn, ignites the main charge, causing the gun to fire. < as lemmas |
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