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touch-hole
ˈtouch-hole [f. touch- in touch-powder + hole.] A small tubular hole in the breech of a fire-arm, through which the charge is ignited; the vent.1501 Acc. Ld. High Treas. Scot. II. 25 Item, for casting of the erd fra Mons [Meg], and to turne hir and lay the twych hole vp,..iij s. ij d. 1560 Whitehorn... Oxford English Dictionary
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Touch hole
If a special spike was unavailable, spiking could be done by driving a bayonet into the touch-hole and breaking it off, to leave the blade's tip embedded wikipedia.org
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touch-powder
† ˈtouch-powder Obs. [This appears to be the earliest of the series of compounds mentioned in touch- 1 c, in which touch- signifies the ready kindling or setting fire to something; app. from OF. tochier (le feu), touchier to set fire. Touch-powder prob. represented an OF. *poudre-à-toucher (le feu).... Oxford English Dictionary
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Cannon operation
Leaden plates are used to cover the touch-hole, when the piece is charged, to keep dirt from entering the touch-hole. wikipedia.org
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touch-
touch-, comb. form The n. or vb. in combination. 1. a. Simple attrib. combinations of the n., as touch-feeling, touch-knowledge, touch-pleasure, touch-sensation, touch-stimulus; touch-sensitive adj. b. Special combinations of the n. (or in some cases directly from the vb.-stem): touch-bodies, -corpu... Oxford English Dictionary
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Cádiz Memorial
measure with a Pole; And C———h [Castlereagh] will low beseech To kiss a corner of the breech; And next will come of G——y R—e, [George Rose] And in the touch-hole wikipedia.org
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ranforce
† ranforce, v. Obs. Also 6 -forse. [ad. F. renforcer renforce; cf. ramforce v.] 1. trans. To strengthen, fortify. Hence ranforcing vbl. n.1547 Register Privy Council Scot. (1877) I. 79 Our auld ynemeis of Ingland..hes ranforsit the samin, and..perseveris in thair bigging and ranforsing of the saidis... Oxford English Dictionary
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porte-
‖ porte- (pɔrt) Fr. imperative of porter to bear, carry; used in combination with a n. as obj. in numerous compound words in Fr., several of which are more or less used in Eng.; the first element is occasionally anglicized as port-; and other words have been formed after these with the second elemen... Oxford English Dictionary
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Naval artillery in the Age of Sail
The earlier method of firing a cannon was to apply a linstock—a wooden staff holding a length of smoldering match at the end—to the touch-hole of the gun wikipedia.org
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mainspring
mainspring (ˈmeɪnsprɪŋ) [main a. 8 b.] 1. A principal spring in a piece of mechanism. a. In a gun-lock, the spring which drives the hammer. (Also fig.)a 1616 Beaum. & Fl. Custom of Country iii. iii, Hee's foule i'th touch-hole; and recoiles againe, The main spring's weakned that holds up his cock. 1... Oxford English Dictionary
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Siege of Glin Castle
The Attack Early the next morning, on 8 July, the gunner found the touch-hole clogged on the demi-cannon, which was timed to commence the attack on the wikipedia.org
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fortified
fortified, ppl. a. (ˈfɔːtɪfaɪd) [f. fortify v. + -ed1.] 1. Strengthened; provided with means of defence; protected with fortifications.1538 Elyot, Firmus, stable, constant, well fortified. 1611 Bible Micah vii. 12 He shal come..from the fortified cities. a 1657 Lovelace Poems (1864) 234 Your days fa... Oxford English Dictionary
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hate كُره * have فعل يملك * he هو * head رأس * healthy صحة * hearing سمع * heart قلب * heat حرارة * help مساعدة * here هنا * high عالي * history تاريخ * hole ضيق * tired متعَب * till حتى * time زمن * tin قصدير * to إلى * toe إصبع القدم * together معًا * tomorrow غدًا * tongue لسان * tooth سِن * top أعلى * touch wikipedia.org
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tertiate
† tertiate, v. Obs. (ˈtɜːʃɪeɪt) [f. ppl. stem of late L. tertiāre, f. tertius third.] 1. trans. To do (anything) for the third time: in quot. 1628, to introduce for the third time or support as third spokesman.1623 Cockeram, Tertiate, to doe a thing three times. 1628 Wotton in Reliq. (1672) 559 The ... Oxford English Dictionary
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morsing
ˈmorsing, vbl. n. Sc. Obs. exc. Hist. Also corruptly 7 mosine; (in Comb.) 8–9 motion-, 9 moshin-. [f. mors v. + -ing1.] The action of priming (a gun). In quot. concr., priming-powder, priming.1629 Z. Boyd Last Battell I. 374 They..cry, Peace, peace, euen while God is putting the fierie lunt into the... Oxford English Dictionary
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