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(), n.[F. bombe bombshell, fr. L. bombus a humming or buzzing noise, Gr. .] 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. 2. (Mil.) A shell; esp. a spherical shell, like those fired from mortars. See Shell. 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 v. t.To bombard. [Obs.] Prior. Bomb v. i.[Cf. Boom.] To sound; to boom; to make a humming or buzzing sound. [Obs.] B. Jonson. スポンサード リンク
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