Although he didn't seem to know the way to the murder scene, Orchard expressed the belief that the governor had been given a " big wad " of money by Idaho mine owners after he had left office.

When the dead body of Culshaw was examined, a pistol wad ( crushed paper used to secure powder and balls in the muzzle ) found in his head wound matched perfectly with a torn newspaper found in Toms ' pocket.

The ancient breech-loading guns were not so difficult to load, as the powder chamber of the gun was removable and was charged by simply filling it up with powder and ramming a wad on top to prevent the escape of the powder.

When the bounty was paid on pelican we would use a fish float tide to a wad of rushes.

After recognizing that the split with Sheikh Sharif was irreconcilable, Muhammad Ahmad approached a rival leader of the Samaniyya order named Sheikh al-Qurashi wad al-Zayn.

Some of the witnesses pocketed all or some of their wad, and the prize money was, according to Danny Kelly, some £ 9000 short.

As early as a 1987 story session for the Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures, Kricfalusi had proposed using a wad of gum as a character, an idea which was used to create the first villain for the new series, Indigestible Wad.

Also, as early as a 1987 story session for the Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures, Kricfalusi had proposed using a wad of gum as a character, an idea which was employed to create the first villain for the new series, the Indigestible Wad.

* The Indigestible Wad: A young girl ’ s wad of chewing gum, that she has been chewing since before she was born, is granted sentience / sapience from a dentist ’ s x-ray machine.

The paper was a single sheet wrapped around a wad of coupons for local businesses.

Through the combination of a leather wad and tight grooves on the inside of the barrel ( rifling ), this weapon was far more accurate, though slower to load.

The increased heat was objectionable, and the border lights and wing lights had to be lighted by a long stick with a flaming wad of cotton at the end.

Bullets that did not fit snugly in the barrel were often secured in place by a wad of paper, but either way, ramming was necessary to place the bullet securely at the rear of the barrel.

The pinfire cartridge was greatly improved by the 1846 patent ( number 1963 ) by Houllier of Paris which introduced a base wad and effectively made the cartridge gas-tight which greatly improved the performance, and were cheap and clean shooting.

Councel for the prosecution, Michael King, SC stated that " Cr Tsang had " no hesitation " in pocketing the wad of cash and bribes, he said, " although he was careful as he did so to look around to see whether the payment had been observed by anyone else ".

It has been argued that the first true ruler of Taqali was Muhammad wad Jayli and that he and his son Ismail forged the state.

Among the Dervish dead was Musa wad Helu, one of the Mahdist chiefs.

But what came out was a thick unopened wad of five rupee currency notes.

In September 1972, Stampede Wrestling held the first-ever ladder match between Dan Kroffat and Tor Kamata, where the object to be grabbed was a wad of money.

He was also distinguished by the huge wad of chewing tobacco he kept in his cheek during games, as well as his claim that Froot Loops were the source of his hitting power.

This allows quick and easy fitting and provides a snug and comfortable diaper fit that will neither bind nor wad on the infant … as a result of this snugger fit obtained because of this fold configuration, the diaper is less likely to leak or, in other words, its containment characteristics are greatly enhanced .” Further developments in diaper design were made, such as the introduction of refastenable tapes, the " hourglass shape " so as to reduce bulk at the crotch area, and the 1984 introduction of super-absorbent material from polymers known as sodium polyacrylate that were originally developed in 1966.

Cotton swabs ( American English ) or cotton buds ( British English ) or ear buds ( British, Australian and South-African English ) consist of a small wad of cotton wrapped around one or both ends of a short rod, usually made of either wood, rolled paper, or plastic.

The minerals, thought to be deposited by colloidal copper solutions leached from the main deposit, included manganese bearing copper pitch and copper wad, along with other impurities which made the ore difficult to leach in the original vats and produced a substandard cathode.

Louise Woodward, the clumsy nanny, is given a wad of money made from wood which she has to try and spend before her parents can steal it off her.

Blank cartridges frequently contain a paper, wood or plastic plug called a wad which seals the powder in the case.

Note: But not Modern Scots fit ( foot ), wid ( wood ), wad ( would ), oo ( wool ), coud ( could ) and shoud / su ( l ) d ( should ).

Confronted by three muggers, Frank first brandishes his gun then gives them a wad of money, telling them to ask for him at the Plaza Hotel if they want work.

The wad consists of three parts, the powder wad, the cushion, and the shot cup, which may be separate pieces or be one part.

) from different manufacturers are usually all interchangeable, shotshells typically are loaded for particular brands of shotshell cases ( called hulls ) only with one specific brand of wad, shot cup ( if used ), primer, and powder, further increasing the complexity and difficulty of reloading shotshells.

Another technique uses a charge of fast burning powder topped with a case full of Cream of Wheat and a wad, to form a special blank cartridge that will expand the case.

The expert in the case, Oliver Wendell Holmes, had read about firearm identification, and had a gunsmith test-fire the alleged murder weapon into a wad of cotton wool.

The original sense of the word is of a " plug " or " wad " used to fill a hole (" Pedazo de madera, metal u otra materia, corto y grueso, que se encaja en algún hueco ").

The tinker's dam is a wad of wet paper or other pliable material used to dam up a hole in a metal item being repaired by the tinker using molten solder.

Blank ammunition which is a primed casing filled with gun powder, either crimped or covered with a wad, is dangerous up to 15 feet.

Shotshell reloading is similar to cartridge reloading, except that, instead of a bullet, a wad and a measure of shot are used, and after loading the shot, the shell is crimped shut.

The shotshell loader contains stations to resize the shell, measure powder, load the wad, measure shot, and crimp the shell.

Different names, euphemisms and slang terms are used for toilet paper in countries around the world, including " bumf ," " bum wad ," " loo roll / paper ," " bog roll ," " toilet roll ," " dunny roll / paper ," " bathroom / toilet tissue ," " TP ," " arsewipe ," and just " tissue.

A piece of matte board, a plastic " card ", or a wad of cloth is often used to push the ink into the incised lines.

:: Fu ' fain wad try't a gomas.

The man ( probably Wiltshire trader William Dell, also on holiday ) turned up to the shop with a huge wad of rubber-banded bank notes and proceeded to spoil his trailer load of children with Easter eggs and ice creams.

This backward momentum is equal in magnitude, by the law of conservation of momentum, to the forward momentum of the ejecta ( projectile ( s ), wad, propellant gases, etc ...) from the gun.

Other names are also known as ' Bengal fig ', ' Indian fig ', also bargad / برگد, borh / بوڑھ, wad ( Marathi: वड ),.

For instance, the cigarette that Tetsuo Kaga puts on a Go board is changed to a wad of chewing gum in the graphic novel.

A layer of plastic ( often PVDC ), cork, rubber, or other soft material is used as wad to make a seal with the mouth of the bottle.

* the dead gage ( Norm mort gage, Scots deid wad ), whereby the rents and profits were taken in lieu of interest but did not reduce the debt.

He would insert a very light overpowder wad, then drop an intentionally undersized lead ball down the barrel, unpatched, after showing it carefully to the audience and getting one of them to mark it for later identification.

Otherwise, don't get your toga in a wad.

Silver-bearded " Mr Ball ", the K Foundation's compere, directed the witnesses to nail their wad of money to a board inside a gilt frame, to assemble the K Foundation's prize.

The file teeth. wad contains a secret level, so there are a total of 21 levels.