powder hose

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

1.The fine particles to which any dry substance is reduced by pounding, grinding, or triturating, or into which it falls by decay; dust. [1913 Webster]

Grind their bones to powder small.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

2.An explosive mixture used in gunnery, blasting, etc.; gunpowder. See Gunpowder. [1913 Webster]

Atlas powder, Baking powder, etc. See under Atlas, Baking, etc.

Powder down (Zool.), the peculiar dust, or exfoliation, of powder-down feathers.

Powder-down feather (Zool.), one of a peculiar kind of modified feathers which sometimes form patches on certain parts of some birds. They have a greasy texture and a scaly exfoliation.

Powder-down patch (Zool.), a tuft or patch of powder-down feathers.

Powder hose, a tube of strong linen, about an inch in diameter, filled with powder and used in firing mines. --Farrow.

Powder hoy (Naut.), a vessel specially fitted to carry powder for the supply of war ships. They are usually painted red and carry a red flag.

Powder magazine, or Powder room. See Magazine, 2.

Powder mine, a mine exploded by gunpowder. See Mine.

Powder monkey (Naut.), a boy formerly employed on war vessels to carry powder; a powder boy.

Powder post. See Dry rot, under Dry.

Powder puff. See Puff, n. [1913 Webster]