An engagement between two fleets, or even single ships, usually called a sea-fight or engagement. The conflict between the forces of two contending armies.
·adj Fertile. ·see <<Battel>>, a. II. Battle ·vt A division of an army; a battalion. III. Battle ·...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·add. ·- The range within which the fire of small arms is very destructive. With the magazine rifle,...
·add. ·- An armor-plated man-of-war built of steel and heavily armed, generally having from ten thou...
·noun ·Alt. of Battle-axe. ...
·noun A kind of broadax formerly used as an offensive weapon. ...
A mallet or heavy war-club. Applied metaphorically (Jer. 51:20) to Cyrus, God's instrument in destro...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
The war-bow used in fighting (Zech. 9:10; 10:4). "Thy bow was made quite naked" (Hab. 3:9) means tha...
A battle or bout at cudgels or fisty-cuffs, wherein more than two persons are engaged: perhaps from ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
an ear-wig. Derb. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
(American). See fighting-lanterns. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
A term derived from cock-fighting, but generally applied to a noisy confused row. ...
A conflict in which both parties claim the victory, or retire upon equal terms. ...
A disposition of the fleet at the moment of engagement, by signal or previous order, on which occasi...
The arranging of ships or troops so as to engage the enemy to the best advantage. ...
To shift as well as we can; to contend with a difficulty. To depend on one's own exertions. ...
Formerly those of 74 guns and upwards; or in these iron days, any vessel capable of giving and takin...