Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In old forms of firearms, the piece that covers the priming-pan.
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Examples
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Of course it was already loaded, but, lest the night-dew might have damped the priming, he threw up the pan-cover, with his thumb-nail scraped out the powder, and then poured in a fresh supply from his horn.
The White Chief A Legend of Northern Mexico Mayne Reid 1850
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