powder horn (pouder horn)

A powder flask made of horn, usually the horn of an ox or cow, the larger end fitted with a wooden or metal bottom, and the small end with a movable stopper or some special device for measuring out a charge of powder. Whenever gunpowder has been used for loading apart from cartridges and the like, powder-horns have been common. See cut on preceding page. The father bought a powder - horn , and an almanac, and a comb-case; the mother a great fruztower, and a fat amber necklace. Congreve, Old Batchelor, iv. 8. powder-hose (pouʼdėr-hōz), n. A tube of strong linen filled with a combustible compound, used for firing mines; a fuse. powder in e (pou ́dėr-i-nes), n. The state or property of being powdery, or of being divided into minute particles; resemblance to powder; pulverulence. powdering (pouʼdėr-ing), n. [Verbal n. of powder, v.] 1. pl. Small pieces of fur powdered or sprinkled on other furs, in resemblance to the spots on ermine; also, bands of ermine. Powder ings have been worn on the capes of the robes of English peers as part of the insignia of rank; and the design has been often reproduced in heraldic bearings. A dukes daughter is borne a March i on e e, and shall weare as many Poudringes as a March i on e e. Booke of Precedence (E. E. T. S., extra ser.), i. 14. 2. Decoration by means of numerous small figures, usually the same figure often repeated. See powdered , 2. powdering-gown (pou ́der-ing-goun), n . loose gown formerly worn by men and women to protect their clothes when having the hair powdered; a dre ing-gown. A I will sit in my library, in my night-cap and powdering . gown , and give as much trouble as I can. Jane Austen , Pride and Prejudice, xv. powdering-mill (pouʼdėr-ing-mil), n. A grinding or pulverizing-mill, as for ore, snuff, etc. powdering-tub (pou'dėr-ing-tub), n . 1. A tub or ve el in which meat is corned or salted. 2. A heated tub in which an infected lecher was cured by sweating. From the powdering - tub of infamy Fetch forth the lazar kite of Cre id's kind, Doll Tearsheet. Shak., Hen. V., ii. 1. 79.