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Webster 1913 Edition
Bomb
Bomb
,Noun.
[F.
bombe
bombshell, fr. L. bombus
a humming or buzzing noise, Gr. [GREEK]
.] 1.
A great noise; a hollow sound.
[Obs.]
A pillar of iron . . . which if you had struck, would make . . . a great
bomb
in the chamber beneath. Bacon.
3.
A bomb ketch.
Bomb chest
(Mil.)
, a chest filled with bombs, or only with gunpowder, placed under ground, to cause destruction by its explosion.
– Bomb ketch
,
Bomb vessel
(Naut.)
, a small ketch or vessel, very strongly built, on which mortars are mounted to be used in naval bombardments; – called also
– mortar vessel
. Bomb lance
, a lance or harpoon with an explosive head, used in whale fishing.
– Volcanic bomb
, a mass of lava of a spherical or pear shape.
“I noticed volcanic bombs.” Darwin.
Bomb
,Verb.
T.
To bombard.
[Obs.]
Prior.
Webster 1828 Edition
Bomb
BOMB
, [L. bombus.] A great noise.1.
A large shell of cast iron, round and hollow, with a vent to receive a fusee, which is made of wood. This being filled with gunpowder and the fusee driven into the vent, the fusee is set on fire and the bomb is thrown from a mortar, in such a direction as to fall into a fort, city or enemy's camp, when it bursts with great violence and often with terrible effect. The inventor of bombs is not known; they came into common use about the year 1634.2.
The stroke upon a bell.BOMB
,Verb.
T.
BOMB
,Verb.
I.