Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A cartridge-box.
- noun The tube in which the powder of a cartridge is contained. See
cartridge .
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Examples
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The dagger is stuck in this scarf, and a bandoleer slung over the shoulders carries the cartridge-case, powder-flask, flint and steel, priming-horn, and other necessaries.
Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah 2003
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“You are sure that not a single cartridge-case was left in the flat?”
Maigret in Society Simenon, Georges, 1903-1989 1962
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This instrument, before loading, is invariably used, whilst the touch-hole or "vent" is covered by the thumb of the gunner especially numbered off for this important duty; and the air being thus excluded, the fire, which often remains within the bore, attached to either portions of cartridge-case or wadding, is extinguished.
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The temperature is quickly raised until the contents of the cartridge-case flash off or explode, when the temperature is noted as the _firing point_.
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The initial temperature is noted, and then the cartridge-case containing the explosive is inserted in the bath.
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A thin copper cartridge-case, 5/8 inch in diameter and
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In the older type of guns the silk cartridge-case was burned when the shot was fired.
Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima John Richard Hale
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On beginning the experiment of determining the firing point of any explosive, the material in the bath is heated to just above the melting point; the thermometer is inserted in it, and a minute quantity of the explosive is placed in the bottom of the cartridge-case.
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He had fired his rifle and had somehow managed to blow out the bolt; his scalp was torn to ribbons by the splinters of the burst cartridge-case.
Homage to Catalonia 1938
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One side of the cross-stroke contained the cartridge-case plant, where presses formed sheet-steel cylinders, some as small as a round of pistol ammunition and some the size of ten-gallon kegs.
The Cosmic Computer H. Beam Piper 1934
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