See bed of a mortar.
·noun A bomb ketch. II. Bomb ·noun A great noise; a hollow sound. III. Bomb ·vt To <<Bombard>>. I...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
I. or mortar vessels Small ships fortified for throwing bombs into a fortress; said to be the in...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·- The strata of the Purbeck stone, or Purbeck limestone, belonging to the Oolitic group. ·see the C...
A large hollow ball of cast-iron, for throwing from mortars (distinguished by having ears or lugs, b...
The beams which support the bomb-bed in bomb-vessels. ...