ǁ Culot. World English Historical Dictionary

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[F., dim. of cul: see above.] † a. A stand for a crucible in the furnace. † b. The heavy mass that falls to the bottom of a crucible. c. A little cup of sheet-iron inserted into the hollow base of the Minié and other projectiles, so as to be driven into the ball and enlarge its diameter, when fired.

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1683.  Salmon, Doron Med., I. 317. Place a Crucible upon a Culot in the middle of a Hearth-place in a Wind Furnace.

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1727.  Bradley, Fam. Dict., s.v. Essence, Separate the Dross from the Culot in the Bottom.

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1854.  Capt. Norton, in Mech. Mag., LXII. 38. For putting an iron cup or culôt into the hollow base of this shot.

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