| 单词 | priming-iron |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspriming-iron priming-iron n. now historical = priming wire n. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > equipment for use with firearms > [noun] > priming-wire primer1497 priming-iron?1592 priming wire1598 pricker1611 picker1710 ?1592 H. Barwick Breefe Disc. Weapons f. 8v This Harquebuzier muste yet haue a tuch boxe, a purse for his Bullets, steele and flint, and a priminge Iron for the clearinge of the tuch hole. 1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres iii. 34 To be prouided of a priming iron or wyer. 1622 F. Markham Five Decades Epist. of Warre i. ix. 34 His priming-yron, being a small artificiall wiar, with which he shall clense and keepe open the touch~hole of his peece. 1702 F. Povey Sea-gunners Compan. 52 You must be careful in supplying your self with good large Powder-Horns, with good Priming-Irons, and Drifts to clear the Vents of your Guns. 1867 Sci. Amer. 19 Oct. 245/1 The red-hot priming irons were not at once got rid of. 1970 P. O'Brian Master & Commander (new ed.) ii. 46 A wonderful amount of stores:..puncheons..priming-irons..langrage, grape or plain round. < as lemmas |
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