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FUEL |
Combustible matter |
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FUZE |
A tube, filled with combustible matter, for exploding a
shell, etc. See Fuse, n. |
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BAVIN |
A fagot of brushwood, or other light combustible matter, for
kindling fires; refuse of brushwood. |
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STAR |
A composition of combustible matter used in the heading of
rockets, in mines, etc., which, exploding in the air, presents a
starlike appearance. |
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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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SQUIB |
A little pipe, or hollow cylinder of paper, filled with
powder or combustible matter, to be thrown into the air while burning,
so as to burst there with a crack. |
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COAL |
A black, or brownish black, solid, combustible substance, dug
from beds or veins in the earth to be used for fuel, and consisting,
like charcoa... |