单词 | fireweapon |
释义 | > as lemmasfireweapon fireweapon n. now rare (a) a firearm; (b) an incendiary projectile. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > [noun] cane of fire1550 shota1578 fire1590 fire piece1592 fireweapon?1592 powder instrument1613 firearm1643 firegun1677 bulldog1700 nail driver1823 peacemaker1840 thunder stick1918 ?1592 H. Barwick Breefe Disc. Weapons f. 2 What hath beene doone since the perfect knowledge of fire weapons hath been in vse? 1616 J. Bingham in tr. Ælian Tactiks ii. 25 The fire-weapons haue theire advantages. 1778 G. Costard Let. to N. B. Halhead 9 Fire-Weapons were thrown from the Walls. 1860 J. Hewitt Anc. Armour Suppl. 489 The analogous fire-weapons. 2006 A. Brown tr. J. Friedrich Fire 15 Without such a comprehensive extermination strategy [sc. fire raids], the fire weapon would have never had a chance to be tested, adjusted, and refined. 2013 Telegraph (India) (Nexis) 12 July The permit to wield a fireweapon. < as lemmas |
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