Tuesday, August 27, 2013

carbon, carbine

Carbon or carbon ( car bunn or car bin ) means one of the basic elements that make the physical world around us--
Diamonds and graphite are made of pure carbon.
Carbon, combined with other elements, is part of many organic compounds.
Carbon or carbon also describes the paper once used to make copies with a typewriter--
Make two carbon copies and sign the original.

Carbine or carbine ( car bean or car bine ) means a short rifle or musket--
Each soldier had a carbine slung over his shoulder, and a pouch of ammunition.
He practiced with the carbine until he was a good shot.

Now that you know that, you can say--
"The carbon residue on the barrel means that this carbine has been fired recently."

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