| 单词 | slow match |
| 例句 | The warriors said the slow matches on the English men’s guns were smoking up the room, making them sick, and they should put them out. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z While he slept, a spark must have lit the powder bag—a spark from someone’s pipe or from the slow match on someone’s musket. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z He shows us how to keep the slow match burning by blowing the ash off of it every few minutes, and how to use it to ignite the gunpowder. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Some of the gentlemen pitch in and work hard, but most of them just take turns standing guard, their muskets ready, with slow matches smoking. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Many of them have their muskets ready with slow matches burning. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z After something of a slow match so far, Russia pounces when Denis Cheryshev scores his fourth goal of the World Cup following a crafty run. Russia is knocked out of World Cup by Croatia, after showing fight no one imagined 2018-07-07T04:00:00Z Edward Teach, known as Blackbeard, went into battle with pieces of burning slow match stuck in his filthy, matted beard and hair. When did 'buccaneering' become a good word? - BBC News 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z "Oh for a barrel of powder and a slow match lashed to her rudder pintle!" exclaimed Drake. A Lad of Grit A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times 2012-04-21T02:00:23.363Z The latter carried slow matches five feet long, which, as they burned, let loose pieces of coloured paper, on which were printed their position and other information. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 2012-04-03T02:00:31.900Z I think that had they put a slow match in the magazine of the other brigantine it would have exploded before this. A Roving Commission Or, Through the Black Insurrection at Hayti 2012-02-06T03:00:13.023Z Next he laid a train of powder with a slow match, the end of which he ignited. Perils in the Transvaal and Zululand 2011-12-02T03:00:22.447Z A vessel is provided for my escape in the river, and my companions advise me to use a slow match, which will allow me to get out of harm's way. Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason 2011-10-15T02:00:27.517Z Bevis was still making experiments, soaking cord in various compositions of saltpetre, to discover the best slow match. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z A slow match was prepared which would give him a quarter of an hour in which to escape from the explosion. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z He applied a slow match to it, and it broke into a blaze at once. A Roving Commission Or, Through the Black Insurrection at Hayti 2012-02-06T03:00:13.023Z In the confusion and panic of the moment, the Vincennes was abandoned by her captain, who left a slow match burning. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z I have already said that many of the enemy had to be dislodged from close rooms by throwing in bags of gunpowder with slow matches fixed to them. Reminiscences of the Great Mutiny 1857-59 Including the relief, siege, and capture of Lucknow, and the campaigns in Rohilcund and Oude "They're going to blow the safe open," thought Johnny, as he lay and watched the slow match, flashing and sparkling as the fire approached the powder. No Moss The Career of a Rolling Stone It did not answer fully, but gave us encouragement, and we made a larger ball of the same, which we ignited with a slow match. Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. I. The crew applied a slow match to the train and pulled off. The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools Come closer, I mustn’t leave any powder near the slow match. Blind Policy I fiercely tugged it, then feeling for the slow match, as I guessed the line to be, I ran it through my fingers to make sure I had pulled the end out of the barrel. International Short Stories English On the bastion toward Szamos were eight mortars, and several feet away burned a fire in which the cannoneers heated the ends of their long iron rods to use as a slow match. The Golden Age in Transylvania Then, with a jar of water, he returned to his train, and swiftly swept up the dry powder and moistened it a little, making a rough slow match of it. The Pirate Woman He wanted to get over the wall again and look in at the window, to see if the slow match had not gone out. Mary Queen of Scots Makers of History He then bored a hole in the middle of the block, into which he rammed a charge of gunpowder, and having lighted it by a slow match, retired to a distance. The Mines and its Wonders Having made these arrangements, he placed the powder flask completely in the victim's abdomen, leaving the slow match to project slightly from the wound. City Crimes or Life in New York and Boston A conical tub used to guard the slow match in action. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. To the base of the balloon, when inflated, a piece of slow match, five feet long, was attached, its lower end being lighted. Stray Leaves from an Arctic Journal; or, Eighteen Months in the Polar Regions, in Search of Sir John Franklin's Expedition, in the Years 1850-51 Cotton waste and trains of powder were strewn about the deck, and Executive Officer Jones, who was the last to leave the ship, applied the slow match. The Monitor and the Merrimac Both sides of the story He took his plate for a slow match. Caleb in the Country The captain ordered the slow match to be brought to him, and went forward to the gun, which had been loaded and run out. Old Jack They were formerly about five-gallon capacity, the head being sunk about two inches, and four holes bored to insert slow matches. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Lem felt as though he were watching the capricious sparks which mark the progress of a slow match toward a powder-train. Peak and Prairie From a Colorado Sketch-book The slow match, the magazine, and that last, deep, low, sullen, mournful boom told our people, now far away on the march, that their gallant ship was no more. The Monitor and the Merrimac Both sides of the story Better set a slow match in the magazine and drink ourselves senseless, and so blow ourselves to hell, than linger here in the hope that this continent will dissolve and release us. The Frozen Pirate Our cutlasses were buckled on, our muskets were ready to be seized, and the slow matches were in our hands, but concealed, so that the enemy might not perceive them. Old Jack Conical tubs about 18 inches in height, which have a sunken head perforated with holes, to admit the slow match to hang with the lighted end downwards. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. In addition to friction-primers of modern invention at that time for firing cannon, the old-time "slow matches" and "port-fires" were in stock. The Story of a Cannoneer Under Stonewall Jackson The arrangement was to set off the blast with a slow match so as to catch the house full of people, there being a school exhibition that night. History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880. Vol. 2 (of 2) Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens The men, mostly stripped to their waists, stood grouped round their guns with the tackles in their hands, the captains holding the slow matches ready to fire. Paul Gerrard The Cabin Boy Hows’ever I managed to bolt below and fire the slow match, before they saw what I was after. The Battery and the Boiler Adventures in Laying of Submarine Electric Cables Then a slow match was made by rubbing gunpowder on some long strips of calico. Twice Bought Asking us to stand a little back, he applied a slow match to the heap, and retired several paces. In the Track of the Troops With a slow match in my hand, I stood ready for action. The Young Llanero A Story of War and Wild Life in Venezuela “Now, my friend,” he said, “do you and Bikoo creep out and secure three horses, and I will light the slow match.” The Young Rajah He rushed towards the spot from whence it proceeded, and discovered a slow match leading towards the principal magazine. Roger Willoughby A Story of the Times of Benbow But these miscreants were bad judges of slow matches! Twice Bought On the deck were a couple of casks, and a slow match, burning at one end, communicated with one of them. Salt Water The Sea Life and Adventures of Neil D'Arcy the Midshipman The crew were in too great a fright to think of anything but saving themselves, or they might, to be sure, have laid a slow match to the magazine, and tried to blow us up. The Three Lieutenants Cochût was so positive, that at length Balkishen, who calculated that the task of setting fire to the slow match might be the least dangerous, undertook it. The Young Rajah Ay, that it do, mate, if you have got the fire, and the poker’s hot; but you have to come back to the slow match if neither one nor t’other’s ready. The Ocean Cat's Paw The Story of a Strange Cruise Then the brass six-pounders were loaded and primed, and two pieces of slow match were cut off, ready for lighting. Overdue The Story of a Missing Ship There was also a coil of slow match, a piece of which I cut off, and, taking it outside, lighted it for the purpose of ascertaining the rate at which it burnt. The Log of a Privateersman He had lighted a couple of slow matches, and put them into tubs near the guns, ready for use. The Three Lieutenants He hesitated a minute; but recollecting that Balkishen would by this time have set fire to the slow match, he boldly stepped out from behind the wall which concealed him, closely followed by Bikoo. The Young Rajah There, that has fixed that up,” continued Douglas, as he cut and placed the slow match in the opening provided for it. Under the Chilian Flag A Tale of War between Chili and Peru What astonished the young scout leader, however, was the strange method of introducing the fake bomb among the supplies, and leading the end of the slow match to the smouldering fire. The Banner Boy Scouts on a Tour, or, The Mystery of Rattlesnake Mountain As I watched the red spark crawling almost imperceptibly along the yellow wick, there dawned in my mind the first glimmering of the idea of a slow match and a delayed report. The Hand in the Dark Before 1800, the slow match was in universal use for setting off the charge. Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America Palmleaf now came up with a bit of tarred rope lighted at the stove, and smoking after the manner of a slow match, with a red coal at the end. Left on Labrador or, The cruise of the Schooner-yacht 'Curlew.' as Recorded by 'Wash.' The Panthéon was saved by a rush of Marines, who cut a slow match before it reached the powder barrels in the crypt. The Insurrection in Paris The slow match we calculated to burn for about ten minutes, more or less, before it reached the chamber in which the great body of powder was confined. A Journey to the Centre of the Earth He broke off the ends of three cartridges, poured the powder in at the keyhole, and then inserted the slow match. The Tiger of Mysore A Story of the War with Tippoo Saib But for all of them, the slow match had to be used to start the fire train. Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America "Taken in the very act--with the barrels of gunpowder laid ready, and the slow match in his hand!" The Lost Treasure of Trevlyn A Story of the Days of the Gunpowder Plot When Blackbeard went into battle, he twisted some of these slow matches or cords round his head, and stuck some of them under his hat. Stories of American Life and Adventure Uncle Ben stood in the bow of the Sylph, with a burning slow match in his hand, ready to discharge the cannon which was to be the signal for starting. All Aboard; or, Life on the Lake A Sequel to "The Boat Club" With a little practice he found he could start the slow match with such precision as to cause the a�roplanes to burst out into flight at any desired altitude. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 4, March, 1896 The cannons were discharged by slow matches and the infantrymen, raising their muskets, fired a ragged volley into the air. The Elephant God A man lit a slow match, blew it to a glow, and took his position at the breech. The Forty-Niners A Chronicle of the California Trail and El Dorado In those days, cannon were touched off by means of a slow match, a kind of cord that burns slowly like punk. Stories of American Life and Adventure I instantly rose and distinctly observed the lighted slow matches of firearms; there might have been forty or fifty. A Peep into Toorkisthhan It was difficult to follow with glasses frequently clouding with the breath, but we saw the instrument detached when the slow match burned out. Scott's Last Expedition Volume I Larger paper balloons were now constructed, capable of carrying simple self-recording instruments, also postcards, which became detached at regular intervals by the burning away of slow match, and thus indicated the path of the balloon. The Dominion of the Air; the story of aerial navigation They hired a ship, and kept it ready in the Thames, in which Fawkes was to sail for Flanders after firing with a slow match the train that was to explode the powder. A Child's History of England There were twelve American braves who volunteered to take the fire-ship into the enemy's squadron and, near the fort, to fire it with a slow match. The Bark Covered House A man lit a slow match, blew it painstakingly to a glow, then took his position at the breech. The Gray Dawn This substance pressed in a cartridge, and introduced into the nitro-glycerine, could be lighted with a slow match, and produce the explosion. The Mysterious Island These few minutes were all we needed, but I saw there was no chance for a slow match, while if we fired the mine we probably would die under the tottering tower. The Strong Arm He had a watch upon him, some touchwood, some tinder, some slow matches; and there was a dark lantern with a candle in it, lighted, behind the door. A Child's History of England Then the two hands we had given the slow matches to, lit them at the tinder-box, and went fore and aft, while as many of the rest of us as could crowded under the hatch. When London Burned : a Story of Restoration Times and the Great Fire Only the man with the burning slow match was left standing by the breech. The Gray Dawn He took up a long stick which had a slow match twisted round it. Jim Davis While the others stood closely round him Jack opened the lantern just widely enough for them to light their slow matches. With Buller in Natal, Or, a Born Leader Two of the soldiers carried slow matches in their hands, while their muskets were slung at their backs. Tom Cringle's Log Putting an end of a slow match into each of the holes, we laid the kegs in their places and waited. When London Burned : a Story of Restoration Times and the Great Fire When the first point of the bow thrust out past the islet, I lit my slow match and stepped hurriedly away. Pan He lit the slow match by a pocket flint and steel after moving his powder away from him. Jim Davis As he fell Lieutenant Salkeld handed the slow match to Corporal Burgess, who lit the fuse, but fell mortally wounded as he did so. In Times of Peril "Unless he used a slow match," put in Jack. Frank Merriwell's Nobility The Tragedy of the Ocean Tramp Two rafts filled with barrels of powder and with a slow match in each were sent down the river, starting from a point nearly a mile up the stream. A Narrative of the Siege of Delhi With an Account of the Mutiny at Ferozepore in 1857 Brutus had evidently kept a slow match burning, for with a sudden flare a rocket flashed into the wind. The Unspeakable Gentleman One ship was christened the Fortune, and on this the mine was to be exploded by a slow match, cut so as to explode at a calculated moment. By Pike and Dyke: a Tale of the Rise of the Dutch Republic The slow match was used for firing, the flint lock not being applied to naval guns until 1780. Marvels of Modern Science Then the slow match was placed in the centre of a number of pieces of dry and rotten wood. The Lion of the North A tale of the times of Gustavus Adolphus He drew out the slow match and putting his foot upon it placed it in his wallet, then he broke off some more wood and soon had a blazing fire. Won By the Sword : a tale of the Thirty Years' War The slavers had placed a slow match in connection with the magazine, and had blown in one instant of time that entire and beautiful fabric into ten thousand atoms! The Sea-Witch Or, the African Quadroon : a Story of the Slave Coast The clockwork of the Hope had succeeded better than the slow match in the Fortune. By Pike and Dyke: a Tale of the Rise of the Dutch Republic The presence of these people about the cabin might interfere with his plans, and so he had resolved to make a slow match do duty as a time-fuse. Robur the Conqueror By midnight our mining preparations were over; the charge was rammed into the hole, and the slow match uncoiled along the gallery showed its end outside the opening. A Journey to the Interior of the Earth As the guns had to be fired by slow matches or by loggerheads heated red-hot, and the ammunition was stored in the magazine, the frigate was totally unprepared for action. Jefferson and His Colleagues; a chronicle of the Virginia dynasty The old method of firing off the musket by means of slow matches kept alight during action was now obsolete; the latest device was the flintlock. Washington and His Comrades in Arms; a chronicle of the War of Independence Just as it did so the slow match upon deck burnt out. By Pike and Dyke: a Tale of the Rise of the Dutch Republic On the night of the twenty-third of December the Louisiana was safely worked in near the fort by brave Commander Rhind, who fired the slow match and escaped unhurt with his devoted crew of volunteers. Captains of the Civil War; a chronicle of the blue and the gray Whilst Hans was at work I was actively helping my uncle to prepare a slow match of wetted powder encased in linen. A Journey to the Interior of the Earth The crew for the most part showed courage, but they were helpless, for they could not fire a gun for want of slow matches or loggerheads. Jefferson and His Colleagues; a chronicle of the Virginia dynasty The gunners, sleeping beside their guns, grabbed their slow matches, and fourteen canons belched grapeshot at the regiment. The Memoirs of General Baron De Marbot Stalky's sentence burned like a slow match, but the explosion was not long delayed. Actions and Reactions This they used as a slow match, carrying it always lighted. The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U. S. A., in the Rocky Mountains and the Far West |
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