primings
- plural of priming.
Example Sentences
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Philip took down the arms, and examined all the primings.
From The Phantom Ship by Marryat, Frederick
I slipped a ball into each barrel, scraped the edges of my flints, renewed the primings, and returning to the hut, gave a favorable account of my observations.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 2 by Mabie, Hamilton Wright
Said he, setting a musquetoon ready to hand and glancing at the primings of his pistols.
From Martin Conisby's Vengeance by Farnol, Jeffery
"I have just now renewed the primings," he said.
From The Red City A Novel of the Second Administration of President Washington by Mitchell, S. Weir (Silas Weir)
And forth they came, followed by a quaint, carved cocoa-nut, agate-lidded, containing ammunition sufficient for many stout charges and primings.
From Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II by Melville, Herman
