ramrod in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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A cleaning jag was another attachment that could go onto the end of a ramrod.
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It was then rammed home with the ramrod, which ensured that the charge was packed and the hollow base was filled with powder.
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It also had a single barrel band at the center of the barrel, and four iron pipes which held a wooden ramrod.
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So rapidly did they fire that instead of returning their ramrods, they stuck them in the ground and continued to fight until overpowered by our men.
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It exploded and sent the ramrod through his head.
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Running a lubricated cleaning patch down the barrel with the ramrod would also extinguish any embers, and would clean out some of the barrel fouling as well.
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For what we saw, as she stood there, ramrod-straight, was that she had only one leg.
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The ramrod was also given a more trumpet shaped end.
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The meat for tika kabab is sometimes prepared in basdirma (an onion gravy and thyme) and then goes onto the ramrods.
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Through drilling and the iron ramrod, each soldier was expected to fire six times in a minute, three times as fast as most armies.
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