A retardation from this cause is called the lagging of the tide, while the acceleration of the recurrence of high water is termed the priming of the tide.
Defn: An old form of gunlock, as the flintlock, which ignites the priming by a spark; perhaps originally, a matchlock.
Fire pan, a pan for holding or conveying fire, especially the receptacle for the priming of a gun.
Priming wire, a pointed wire used to penetrate the vent of a piece, for piercing the cartridge before priming.
Ordnance) Defn: A priming wire for cleaning the vent.
In painting, the first coat of color, as the priming in house painting and the like.
A priming wire; a priming needle, -- used in blasting and gunnery.
Flash in the pan, the flashing of the priming in the pan of a flintlock musket without discharging the piece; hence, sudden, spasmodic effort that accomplishes nothing.
After the priming coat of paint is thoroly dry, putty up all knot holes, dents, cracks, and other defects in the surface with a pure linseed oil putty composed of equal parts of white lead and whiting.
There would be art in the weapon itself, skill in the very loading, skill in the approach, nerve in holding the gun steady while the slow powder caught from the priming and expelled the ball.
There would be pleasure in winding up the lock with the spanner; in adjusting the pyrites to strike fire from the notches of the wheel; in priming from a delicate flask graven with stag and hounds.
Secondly, if the wheel did not knock a spark out quickly, if the priming had not been kept dry, and did not ignite instantly, the aim might waver, and all the previous labour be lost.
Illustration: Hugh Man wetting the Priming of the Guns.
The burning of the priming below contributed to increase the smoke, until, not only was respiration often difficult, but those who fought only a few yards apart frequently could not recognise each other's faces.
About half an hour afterward, as they were walking along, Dernor, by a mere accident, happened to look at the pan of his rifle and saw that the priming had been removed.
That means business," said Dernor, loosening his knife, and examining thepriming of his rifle.
Finally, Timotheus got the fowling piece and the Squire looked to the priming of his pistols.
This the cavalry occupied, looking to the priming of their pistols, and bringing their clubs into handy positions.
An old form of gunlock, as the flintlock, which ignites the priming by a spark; perhaps originally, a matchlock.
The officers, many of whom put on boarding caps of light steel with dropped cheek pieces, and covered with fur, fastened on their arms, looked to the priming of their pistols, and then hastened to their various stations.
General Sullivan says that the storm has rendered many of his muskets useless, by wetting the priming and powder.
It consists of priming the wood with the best white lead, mixed with as much oil as the wood will absorb, and turpentine.
The rub lead is usually used directly upon the priming coat.
Many factors must necessarily be considered in order to have the priming coat do all that it should do.
This liquid wash serves to weld or amalgamate the cement with the priming coat.
A surface well sandpapered ahead of the priming coat saves a great deal of time and leaves plenty of the priming film on the surface where it is needed.
The use of sandpaper begins before even the primingcoat has taken its position.
Graining out is often due to a priming coat that is not given adequate time to dry hard and firm.
There is a variation of the matchlock in which, by elaborate mechanism, the match is caused to descend on the priming with a snap-action.
My heart immediately sank within me, for I knew at once that the trigger had indeed been pulled, but that the priming had not caught.
If a priming cock has been opened, that must be closed by hand as soon as the cylinder is filled and the piston ready to return for compression.
If gasoline priming is needed, the gasoline must be poured into the priming cup after closing the cock into the cylinder, for it would do no good to merely let the gasoline run down into the cylinder in a cold stream: it must be sprayed in.
Priming is not the same as foaming, though it is often caused by foaming.
If the exhaust has been held open, and the primingcharge of gasoline is to be drawn in through the regular supply pipe and valve, the exhaust should be closed and the throttle turned on to a point indicated by the manufacturer of the engine.
What are the principal causes of priming in boilers?
First, the engine must be turned so that the piston is as far back as it will go, and to prevent air being pressed back the exhaust must be held open, or a cock in priming cup on top of cylinder opened.
Priming is the carrying of water into the steam cylinder with the steam.
The priming is not only combustible but also a conductor of electricity, such as an intimate mixture of potassium chlorate with copper sulphide and phosphide.
By the combustion of the priming the fulminate mixture in the cap is detonated.
Arundel, without altogether understanding the purpose of his companion, got up, and after examining the priming of his piece, followed his steps.
The explosive is fired with a priming cartridge of dynamite.
It requires a priming cartridge of gelignite or similar explosive.
You must hold the gun steady, too, while the slow priming ignites the charge.
If the wheel did not knock a spark out quickly; if the priming had not been kept dry or the match not properly blown, or the cross-bow set exactly accurate, then the care of approach would be lost.
The commandant was also frequently in the habit of riding into the prison-yard, and taking his pistols out of the holsters, examining the priming in order to terrify us.
It was a trick of his, and well he played his part; yet the miners did take up their guns, but found that the priming had been removed by Steel Spring while they were drinking his liquor.
The greatest living German bacteriologist said that it was idle to provide "remedies of which we know nothing for diseases of which we know less.
In Russia, where the mad wolves of the Steppes so often inflict fatal bites, the power of the new treatment was soon recognized.
The third would have done for me had not his priming flashed in the pan.
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