powder magazine (pouder mag a zen′)

1. A place where powder is stored, as a bombproof building in fortified places, etc.-2. A specially constructed place on board a man of-war for the storage and i ue of explosives. See magazine, 1. powder-man (pou'dèr-man), n. 1. On a man of-war, a member of a gun's crew detailed to fetch powder for the gun.-2. A man in charge of explosives in an operation of any nature requiring their use. In driving the heading, each of the three shifts is made up of a bo , 4 drill men, 4 helpers on drills, 1 powder man, 1 car man, and 2 laborers. Sci . Amer ., N. S., LIV. 85. powder-mill (pouʼdėr-mil), n . A mill in which gunpowder is made. powder-mine (pou ́dėr-min), n. An excavation filled with gunpowder for the purpose of blasting rocks, or for blowing up an enemy's works in war.