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单词 federal salute
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federal salute
federal salute n. (also with capital initial) U.S. a ceremonial discharge of cannon or small arms consisting of a number of rounds in succession.In early use the number discharged often corresponded to the number of states currently in the Union, in later use there are typically thirteen, one for each of the original states.
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1787 Worcester (Mass.) Mag. 3 112/1 [Washington's] entrance into the city, was announced by a federal salute from the train of artillery, and the ringing of bells.
1802 Balance, & Columbian Repository 13 July 219/2 At nine, the Company of Artillery formed and marched in procession to the public square..where a federal salute of seventeen guns was fired.
1836 Post (Bloomington, Indiana) 8 July Immediately after the sun began to shed her brilliant rays on this memorable day, a federal salute of 13 guns were fired.
1957 N.Y. Times 30 Jan. 1/8 King Saud of Saudi Arabia received Federal salutes and United Nations tributes when he arrived here yesterday for a state visit.
2002 PR Newswire (Nexis) 10 June On July 4, 1974, the [Veteran] Corps [of Artillery] resumed its traditional practice of firing a Federal salute at New York City's Battery.
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