The Nautical Encyclopedia

Patterson’s Illustrated Nautical Encyclopedia — Howard Patterson, 1891

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Priming Wire

Naval

A steel wire used to prick the cartridge after it is rammed home in the gun.

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2026 Editor's Note: Priming survives at both senses' ends: pumps are still primed (and 'priming the pump' became economics), while boiler priming — water carrying over with steam — still worries every steam operator. See priming. (Ed: BR 2026-07-08)

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