Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
vent-peg , 1. - noun Anything used to stop the vent of a gun while it is being sponged, the object being to insure the complete extinction of any sparks that remain from the last cartridge fired.
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Examples
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No. 1 puts in the vent-plug, wipes and lays the hammer in place and the lock-string around it, then puts on the lock-cover; sees his gun properly secured, and the implements and spare articles returned to their places.
Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. United States. Navy Dept. Bureau of Ordnance
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The screw-thread is then to be cleaned out, and the new vent-plug screwed in.
Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. United States. Navy Dept. Bureau of Ordnance
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One lock with string and vent-plug | complete | In place on the gun.
Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. United States. Navy Dept. Bureau of Ordnance
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The Gun Captain puts in the vent-plug, lays the hammer of the lock in its place, and the lock-string in a coil around it.
Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. United States. Navy Dept. Bureau of Ordnance
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From that moment, however, the vent-plug was withdrawn, and he talked and talked and talked again.
The Three Cities Trilogy: Lourdes, Volume 5 ��mile Zola 1871
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From that moment, however, the vent-plug was withdrawn, and he talked and talked and talked again.
The Three Cities Trilogy: Lourdes, Complete ��mile Zola 1871
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From that moment, however, the vent-plug was withdrawn, and he talked and talked and talked again.
The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete Lourdes, Rome and Paris ��mile Zola 1871
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