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Artillery
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ARTIL'LERY, n. This word has no plural.
1. In a general sense, offensive weapons of war. Hence it was formerly used for bows and arrows.
And Jonathan gave his artillery to his lad. 1 Samuel 20 .
But in present usage, appropriately,
2. Canon great guns ordinance, including guns, mortars and grenades, with their furniture of carriages, balls, bombs and shot of all kinds.
3. In a more extended sense, the word includes powder, cartridges, matches, utensils, machines of all kinds, and horses that belong to a train of artillery.
4. The men who manage cannon and mortars, including matrosses, gunners, bombardiers, cannoniers, or by whatever name they are called, with the officers, engineers and persons who supply the artillery with implements and materials.
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Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
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Entry for 'Artillery'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/a/artillery.html.
Entry for 'Artillery'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/a/artillery.html.
