单词 | quick-match |
释义 | quick-match A quick-burning match used for firing cannon, igniting fire-works, shells, etc., consisting of cotton-wick soaked in a composition of gum, spirits, water, and gunpowder.
1765R. Jones Fireworks ii. 66 Quick-match is generally made of such cotton as is put in candles. 1803Wellington Let. to Col. Stevenson in Gurw. Desp. (1837) II. 418 A shell or two..having in them a bit of quick match, besides the fuse. 1847Alb. Smith Chr. Tadpole xxxviii. (1879) 324 Any family wrong acted like a quick-match amongst them all. attrib.1802James Milit. Dict. s.v. Laboratory, Stores for a Fire-ship of 100 tons..Quick-match barrels 1. |

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