Priming
['praɪmɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Prime
(n.) The powder or other combustible used to communicate fire to a charge of gunpowder, as in a firearm.
(n.) The first coating of color, size, or the like, laid on canvas, or on a building, or other surface.
(n.) The carrying over of water, with the steam, from the boiler, as into the cylinder.
Typist: Murray
Examples
- He's priming himself, Osborne whispered to Dobbin, and at length the hour and the carriage arrived for Vauxhall. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- It has six chambers in the rotating breech, and is furnished with a barytes lock and one priming pan, to fire all the chambers. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- The hammer is split at the end, so as to clasp a match, and to carry its ignited end down to the priming powder when the trigger is pulled. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- The invention of percussion priming in 1800, by the Rev. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- The priming pan is fitted with a sliding cover, and a vertical wheel with a serrated edge projects into it, nearly in contact with the powder in the pan. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- The wheel lock consisted of a furrowed wheel and was turned by the trigger and chain against a fixed piece of iron on the stock to excite sparks which fell on to the priming. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
Checker: Uriah