Definition of blasting

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Blasting (n.) The act or process of one who, or that which, blasts; the business of one who blasts..

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Tamper :: Tamper (n.) One who tamps; specifically, one who prepares for blasting, by filling the hole in which the charge is placed..
Tamp :: Tamp (v. t.) In blasting, to plug up with clay, earth, dry sand, sod, or other material, as a hole bored in a rock, in order to prevent the force of the explosion from being misdirected..
Stemmed :: Stem (v. t.) To ram, as clay, into a blasting hole..
Blasting :: Blasting (n.) The act or process of one who, or that which, blasts; the business of one who blasts..
Gunpowder :: Gunpowder (n.) A black, granular, explosive substance, consisting of an intimate mechanical mixture of niter, charcoal, and sulphur. It is used in gunnery and blasting..
Smift :: Smift (n.) A match for firing a charge of powder, as in blasting; a fuse..
Reed :: Reed (n.) A tube containing the train of powder for igniting the charge in blasting.
Jack :: Jack (n.) A wooden wedge for separating rocks rent by blasting.
Rend :: Rend (v. t.) To separate into parts with force or sudden violence; to tear asunder; to split; to burst; as, powder rends a rock in blasting; lightning rends an oak..
Blasting :: Blasting (n.) A blast; destruction by a blast, or by some pernicious cause..
Aiguille :: Aiguille (n.) An instrument for boring holes, used in blasting..
Blasting :: Blasting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Blas.
Spire :: Spire (n.) A tube or fuse for communicating fire to the chargen in blasting.
Herakline :: Herakline (n.) A picrate compound, used as an explosive in blasting..
Mouse :: Mouse (n.) A match used in firing guns or blasting.
Vigorite :: Vigorite (n.) An explosive containing nitroglycerin. It is used in blasting.
Tamping :: Tamping (n.) The act of one who tamps; specifically, the act of filling up a hole in a rock, or the branch of a mine, for the purpose of blasting the rock or exploding the mine..
Fuse :: Fuse (n.) A tube or casing filled with combustible matter, by means of which a charge of powder is ignited, as in blasting; -- called also fuzee. See Fuze..
Rendrock :: Rendrock (n.) A kind of dynamite used in blasting.
Powder :: Powder (n.) An explosive mixture used in gunnery, blasting, etc.; gunpowder. See Gunpowder..
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