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Torpedo Shell
Webster's Dictionary
A shell longer than a deck-piercing shell, with thinner walls and a larger cavity for the bursting charge, which consists of about 130 pounds of high explosive. It has no soft cap, and is intended to effect its damage by the powerful explosion which follows on slight resistance. It is used chiefly in 12-inch mortars.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Torpedo Shell'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​t/torpedo-shell.html. 1828.