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It is not always easy to ascertain whether the underlying metaphor in such expressions is the bow and arrow or the gun and cannon (see Peter A. Douglas's “The Bows' Stratagem,” VERBATIM VI,3), but we can be fairly certain that the wad in shooting one's wad refers to the wad that held the powder and shot in position to be fired from early guns and that the pot in potshot signifies the dinner pot to be filled with an animal that was shot close up without any regard for rules.
Genomic DNA was extracted from mature leaves using a miniprep protocol [ 74 ] modified by the addition of a CTAB extraction [ 75 ] . A. thaliana leaves were harvested, hand washed and then ground to a fine powder in liquid nitrogen.
When one side of a flint used in a flintlock weapon had worn away, it lost proper contact with the frizzen and caused inadequate sparking to set off the powder charge.
For each portion, 1.2 g powder was mixed with 0.5 mL liquid.
With their taste for irreverent nicknames, Berliners have deflated the monuments’ imperial or pacifist intentions by dubbing the original church the “broken tooth” and the two main additions the “lipstick” and “powder compact.”