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DYNAMITING |
Blasting |
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LIFTINGOFF |
Blasting clear |
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LETTINGOFF |
Blasting clear |
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TNT |
Blasting material |
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EXAGGERATION |
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RENDROCK |
A kind of dynamite used in blasting. |
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STEM |
To ram, as clay, into a blasting hole. |
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MOUSE |
A match used in firing guns or blasting. |
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AIGUILLE |
An instrument for boring holes, used in blasting. |
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JACK |
A wooden wedge for separating rocks rent by blasting. |
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HERAKLINE |
A picrate compound, used as an explosive in blasting. |
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VIGORITE |
An explosive containing nitroglycerin. It is used in
blasting. |
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POWDER |
An explosive mixture used in gunnery, blasting, etc.;
gunpowder. See Gunpowder. |
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FLUKE |
An instrument for cleaning out a hole drilled in stone for
blasting. |
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SPIRE |
A tube or fuse for communicating fire to the chargen in
blasting. |
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PRICKER |
A priming wire; a priming needle, -- used in blasting and
gunnery. |
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REED |
A tube containing the train of powder for igniting the charge
in blasting. |
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SMIFT |
A match for firing a charge of powder, as in blasting; a
fuse. |
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CARBUNCULATION |
The blasting of the young buds of trees or plants,
by excessive heat or cold. |
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TAMPER |
One who tamps; specifically, one who prepares for blasting,
by filling the hole in which the charge is placed. |
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GUNPOWDER |
A black, granular, explosive substance, consisting of an
intimate mechanical mixture of niter, charcoal, and sulphur. It is used
in gunnery and blasting. |
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FUSE |
A tube or casing filled with combustible matter, by means of
which a charge of powder is ignited, as in blasting; -- called also
fuzee. See Fuze. |
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REND |
To separate into parts with force or sudden violence; to
tear asunder; to split; to burst; as, powder rends a rock in blasting;
lightning rends an oak. |
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TAMP |
In blasting, to plug up with clay, earth, dry sand, sod,
or other material, as a hole bored in a rock, in order to prevent the
force of the explosion from being misdirected. |
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TAMPING |
The act of one who tamps; specifically, the act of filling
up a hole in a rock, or the branch of a mine, for the purpose of
blasting the rock or exploding the mine. |