Definition of Amorce

1. a percussion cap for a toy pistol [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Amorce

amooves
amooving
amora
amoral
amoralism
amoralisms
amoralist
amoralistic
amoralists
amoralities
amorality
amorally
amorance
amorances
amorant
amorce (current term)
amorces
amoret
amorets
amorette
amorettes
amoretti
amoretto
amorettos
amorini
amorino
amorism
amorisms
amorist
amoristic

Literary usage of Amorce

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Technologisches Wörterbuch der Deutschen, französischen und englischen by J. A. Beil, Karl Karmarsch (1868)
"amorce f. (poudre fine qu'on introduit dans la lumière d'une bouche à feu ... amorce f., Lèvre f. d'une lame à canon qu'on veut souder (Arm.) Die Lippe, ..."

2. The royal phraseological English-French, French-English dictionary by John Charles Tarver (1853)
"amorce, sf bait. Mettre, attacher l'amorce à l hameçon, to put b.iit on a—to bait a—hook. ... Se laisser prendre à l'amorce, to fall into a snare, a decoy. ..."

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