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A hand-missile charged with combustibles emitting a suffocating smoke, used in boarding a ship for effecting a diversion while the assailants…
a missile contrived for the purpose of emitting a suffocating vapour when thrown among the enemy (see quot. 1802).
a grenade that emits a cloud of smoke on impact.