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单词 pyroballogy
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pyroballogyn.

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item; modelled on a Greek lexical item. Etymon: pyrobology n.
Etymology: Alteration of pyrobology n., after ancient Greek βάλλειν, to throw (see ballista n.). Compare earlier pyroboly n.
Obsolete. rare.
The study of artillery; the art of using explosives to launch missiles.
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1738 E. Chambers Cycl. (ed. 2) at Pyrotechny Some call pyrotechny by the name artillery... Others chuse to call it pyrobology, or rather pyroballogy, q. d. the art of missile fires.
1760 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy II. iii. 18 He was enabled, by the help of..Gobesius's military architecture and pyroballogy, translated from the Flemish, to form his discourse with passable perspicuity.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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