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Artillery
·noun The science of artillery or gunnery. II. Artillery ·noun Munitions of war; implements for war...

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Artillery
1 Sam. 20:40, (Heb. keli, meaning "apparatus;" here meaning collectively any missile weapons, as arr...

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artillery
was formerly synonymous with archery, but now comprehends every description of ordnance, guns, morta...

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Field
·vi To take the field. II. Field ·noun The space covered by an optical instrument at one view. III...

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Field
(Heb. sadeh), a cultivated field, but unenclosed. It is applied to any cultivated ground or pasture ...

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field
The country in which military operations are being carried on; the scene of a conflict. ♦ Taking t...

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Field
The Hebrew sadeh is applied to any cultivated ground, and in some instances in marked opposition to ...

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Artillery wheel
·add. ·- A kind of heavily built dished wheel with a long axle box, used on gun carriages, usually h...

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Artillery Ground
See Old Artillery Ground. ...

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Artillery Lane
East out of Bishopsgate (P.O. Directory). In Bishopsgate Ward Without and Stepney. Nos. 2 to 30 and ...

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horse-artillery
A branch of field artillery specially equipped to manœuvre with cavalry, having lighter guns, and al...

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siege-artillery
The ordnance (guns, mortars, howitzers, &c.) used for overpowering the fire and destroying the defen...

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Fuller's field
A spot near Jerusalem (2 Kings 18:17; Isa. 36:2; 7:3), on the side of the highway west of the city, ...

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Potters field
The name given to the piece of ground which was afterwards bought with the money that had been given...

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Field, Nathaniel
(1587-1633) Dramatist and actor, was one of "the children of the Queen's Revels," who performed in ...

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"Field, Michael"
Poet (pen-name adopted by two ladies, understood to be Miss Bradley and Miss Cooper). Callirrhoé (18...

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Field Lane
North out of Holborn to Great Saffron Hill. The southern end only is in Farringdon Ward Without, the...

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gold-field
n. district where mining for goldis carried on. 1858. T. McCombie, `History of Victoria, c. xv. p....

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quartz-field
n. a non-alluvial goldfield. 1890. `The Argus,' June 16, p. 6, col. 1: «Our principal quartz-fiel...

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field-allowance
A small extra payment made to officers, and sometimes to privates, on active service in the field, t...

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field-day
A day of exercise and evolutions. ...

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field-fortification
Is the constructing of works intended to strengthen the position of forces operating in the field; w...

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field-glass
A telescope, frequently so termed. Also, the binocular or opera-glass, used for field-work, night-wo...

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field-gun
See field-artillery. ...

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field-ice
A sheet of smooth frozen water of a general thickness, and of an extent too large for its boundaries...

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field-marshal
The highest rank in the British army. ...

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field-officers
The colonel, lieutenant-colonels, and majors of a regiment; so called because, not having the common...

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field-pieces
Light guns proper to be taken into field operations; one or more of them is now carried by all ships...

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field-works
The constructions of field-fortification (which see). ...

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New Artillery Ground
In Moorfields. So named to distinguish it from the Old Ground near St. Mary Spittel, where formerly ...

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Old Artillery Ground
Extends from Middlesex Street south to Spital Square north, east of Bishopsgate Street, outside the ...

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artillery, royal marine
Formerly a select branch of the R. Marines, specially instructed in gunnery and the care of artiller...

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royal marine artillery
Originally selected from the royal marines, now specially enlisted. (See artillery, royal marine.) ...

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trail of artillery
A certain number of pieces of ordnance, completely mounted and fitted with appurtenances and retinue...

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train or trail of artillery
A certain number of pieces of ordnance, completely mounted and fitted with appurtenances and retinue...

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Zophim, Field of
Field of watchers, a place in Moab on the range of Pisgah (Num. 23:14). To this place Balak brought ...

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field lane duck
A baked sheep's head. ...

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field of view
That space which is visible in a telescope at one view, and which diminishes under augmenting eye-pi...

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Fullers Field, The
a spot near Jerusalem, (2 Kings 8:17; Isaiah 7:3; 36:2) so close to the walls that a person speaking...

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Potters Field, The
a piece of ground which, according to the statement of St. Matthew, (Matthew 27:7) was purchased by ...

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vent-field of a gun
The raised tablet in the metal near the breech in which the vent is bored. ...

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