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fire swab

fire swab

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Noun

fire swab (plural fire swabs)

A water-soaked swab for cooling a gun in action and clearing away particles of powder, etc.
- 1901, The Australasian Pastoralists' Review:
  each warden should have ready for emergencies a sufficient supply of fire swabs or beaters, fire torches, and water carts

References

“fire”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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