powder mill

a mill in which gunpowder is made.

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First recorded in 1640–50

It will be night before he can reach, let us say, the old Powder-Mill in the wood.
Barry Lyndon|William Makepeace Thackeray
At about a league from Saragossa a Powder-mill exploded and many lives were lost.
Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, July, 1850.|Various
Chemistry can tell much of what will happen in the laboratory, but nothing of the date of future powder-mill explosions.
The Principles of Economics|Frank A. Fetter
He was blown up in a powder-mill explosion, so I can prove his death very easily.
The Corner House Girls|Grace Brooks Hill

The demand of the Confederate States will be the inducement in this as in the case of the powder-mill proposed.
The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Vol. 1 (of 2)|Jefferson Davis