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Webster 1913 Edition

Ballistics

Bal-lis′tics

,

Noun.

[Cf. F.

balistique

. See

.]

The science or art of hurling missile weapons by the use of an engine.

Whewell.

Webster 1828 Edition

Ballistics

BALLIS'TICS

,

Noun.

The science or art of throwing missive weapons, by the use of an engine. The balista was a machine resembling a cross-bow.