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单词 serpentine powder
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serpentine powdern.

Etymology: See serpentine n. 2.
Gunpowder for use with the serpentine; gunpowder in fine meal as distinguished from the corned or granulated kind.
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1497 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 129 Serpentine poudre with ij barelles brent in the botom.
a1592 R. Greene Alcida (1617) sig. G2v What though the Serpentine powder is quickly kindled, and quickly out.
1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres v. 137 Powder both serpentine and corne powder.
a1642 W. Monson Naval Tracts (1704) iii. 344/1 Serpentine Powder..is weak, and will not keep at Sea.
1787 Act 27 Geo. III c. 13 (Sched. A, Rates Inwards) Gunpowder, Serpentine Powder.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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