单词 | scouring-stick |
释义 | > as lemmasscouring-stick ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > equipment for use with firearms > [noun] > instrument for cleaning bore moppet1512 scouring-stick1577 scourer1591 spongea1625 scouring-rod1697 sponge-staff1772 gun-brush1799 fire-swab1813 wiping-stick1817 wiper1826 washing-rod1850 sponge cloth1862 swab1863 wiping-rod1875 1577 R. Holinshed Chron. II. 1862/1 One of the Gunners..was shotte in the syde with a peece of a skouring sticke [1587 scouring], left in one of the Caliuers. 1602 T. Dekker Satiro-mastix sig. G3v Wher's the Sering thou carriest about thee? O haue I found thee my scowring-sticke. 1625 G. Markham Souldiers Accidence 3 Straight scowring stickes, headed at the one end with Rammers of horne, suitable to the bore of the Piece. 1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant i. 72 They..ram down a sizable Bullet with the Scowring-stick, which is all Iron. < as lemmas |
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