( a. )
A little pipe, or hollow cylinder of paper, filled with powder or combustible matter, to be thrown into the air while burning, so as to burst there with a crack.
( a. )
A little pipe, or hollow cylinder of paper, filled with powder or combustible matter, to be thrown into the air while burning, so as to burst there with a crack.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012