Rating | Solver | Clue |
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ASH | Fire powder | |
EXPLODE | To cause to explode or burst noisily; to detonate; as, to explode powder by touching it with fire. | |
PRIMING | The powder or other combustible used to communicate fire to a charge of gunpowder, as in a firearm. | |
TOUCHHOLE | The vent of a cannot or other firearm, by which fire is communicateed to the powder of the charge. | |
VENT | The opening at the breech of a firearm, through which fire is communicated to the powder of the charge; touchhole. | |
SAUCISSE | A long and slender pipe or bag, made of cloth well pitched, or of leather, filled with powder, and used to communicate fire to mines, caissons, bomb chests, etc. | |
FIREBALL | ...intended to be thrown among enemies, and to injure by explosion; also, to set fire to their works and light them up, so that movements may be se... | |
ORPIMENT | .... It is used in king's yellow, in white Indian fire, and in certain technical processes, as indigo printing. ... |