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petard
pe·tard P0218900 (pĭ-tärd′)n.1. A small bell-shaped bomb used to breach a gate or wall.2. A loud firecracker.Idiom: be hoist with one's own petard To be undone by one's own schemes.
[French pétard, from Old French, from peter, to break wind, from pet, a breaking of wind, from Latin pēditum, from neuter past participle of pēdere, to break wind; see pezd- in Indo-European roots.]Word History: The idiom to be hoist by one's own petard originates in Shakespeare's Hamlet (written around 1600). In the play, Claudius, the Danish king and Hamlet's stepfather, entreats two of Hamlet's schoolfellows, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, to betray Hamlet—the pair are to escort Hamlet to England, carrying a letter instructing the English king to put Hamlet to death. Learning of the plot to kill him, Hamlet contemplates how to turn the tables against them: "For 'tis the sport to have the enginer / Hoist with his own petar; and't shall go hard / But I will delve one yard below their mines / And blow them at the moon." Hoist is the past participle of hoise, an earlier form of the verb hoist, "to be lifted up," while a petar or petard is a small bomb used in early modern warfare. The phrase "hoist with his own petard" therefore means "to be blown up with his own bomb." Contemporary audiences must have been struck by Shakespeare's turn of phrase, because it soon became a commonplace expression in 17th-century English.petard (pɪˈtɑːd) n1. (Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) (formerly) a device containing explosives used to breach a wall, doors, etc2. hoist with one's own petard being the victim of one's own schemes3. (Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) a type of explosive firework[C16: from French: firework, from péter to break wind, from Latin pēdere]pe•tard (pɪˈtɑrd)
n. 1. an explosive device formerly used in warfare to blow in a door or gate, form a breach in a wall, etc. 2. a firecracker making a loud noise. Idioms: hoist by or with one's own petard, caught by the very device one had contrived to hurt another. [1598; < Middle French, =pet(er) to break wind (derivative of pet < Latin pēditum a breaking wind, orig. neuter past participle of pēdere to break wind) + -ard -ard] petardAn artwork produced to draw attention to itself through unusual composition, subject matter, etc.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  petard - an explosive device used to break down a gate or wallexplosive device - device that bursts with sudden violence from internal energy |
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hoist by/with (one's) own petardTo be injured, ruined, or defeated by one's own action, device, or plot that was intended to harm another; to have fallen victim to one's own trap or schemes. (Note: "hoist" in this instance is the simple past-tense of the archaic form of the verb, "hoise.") I tried to get my boss fired by planting drugs on him, but I was hoist by my own petard when the police caught me with them beforehand.See also: by, hoist, own, petardbe hoist by (one's) own petardTo be injured, ruined, or defeated by one's own action, device, or plot that was intended to harm another; to have fallen victim to one's own trap or schemes. ("Hoist" in this instance is the simple past-tense of the archaic form of the verb, "hoise.") I tried to get my boss fired by planting drugs on him, but I was hoist by my own petard when the police caught me with them beforehand.See also: by, hoist, own, petardhoist with one's own petardFig. to be harmed or disadvantaged by an action of one's own which was meant to harm someone else. (From a line in Shakespeare's Hamlet.) She intended to murder her brother but was hoist with her own petard when she ate the poisoned food intended for him. The vandals were hoist with their own petard when they tried to make an emergency call from the pay phone they had broken.See also: hoist, own, petardhoist by your own petard or hoist with your own petard FORMALIf someone is hoist by their own petard or is hoist with their own petard, something they do to get an advantage or to harm someone else results in harm to themselves. You should stop spreading stories about your opponents or, sooner or later, you will be hoist with your own petard. Note: `Petards' were metal balls filled with gunpowder which were used to blow up walls or gates. The gunpowder was lit by a slow-burning fuse, but there was always a danger that the device would explode too soon and `hoist' the person lighting it, that is, blow them up in the air. See also: by, hoist, own, petardhoist with (or by) your own petard have your plans to cause trouble for others backfire on you. The phrase is from Shakespeare's Hamlet: ‘For 'tis the sport to have the enginer Hoist with his own petard’. In former times, a petard was a small bomb made of a metal or wooden box filled with explosive powder, while hoist here is the past participle of the dialect verb hoise , meaning ‘lift or remove’.See also: hoist, own, petardbe hoist/hoisted by/with your own peˈtard (British English) be caught in the trap that you were preparing for another personThis is from Shakespeare’s play Hamlet. A petard was a small bomb.See also: by, hoist, own, petard be hoist with one's own petard To be undone by one's own schemes.See also: hoist, own, petardhoist with one's own petardCaught in one’s own trap, defeated by one’s own weapons. The term alludes to an ancient weapon, a thick iron canister filled with gunpowder, which was fastened to a gate or other barrier in order to breach it. It was a dangerous weapon, because the engineer who set it off could easily be blown up (“hoist”) when it detonated. Shakespeare was among the first to transfer the term, in Hamlet (3.4): “Let it work; for ’tis the sport to have the enginer hoist with his own petar.”See also: hoist, own, petardhoist by your own petardHurt by your own misdeed. A petard was a medieval bomb made of a container of gunpowder with a fuse, and to blow open gates during sieges against towns and fortresses. Unreliable, petards often exploded prematurely and sent the person who lit the fuse aloft (the “hoist” image) in one or more pieces. The phrase, which is often misquoted as “hoist on one's own petard,” comes from Hamlet: For 'tis the sport to have the engineer Hoist with his own petard; and ‘t shall go hard But I will delve one yard below their mines And blow them at the moon . . .See also: by, hoist, own, petardPetard
Petard a charge of compacted black powder placed in a metal or cardboard casing. A petard is used in primer cups to transmit fire from the friction primer to the powder charge located in the artillery shell case. In time fuses, the petard transmits fire from the delay element to the detonator. A petard may also be used for creating sound effects in fireworks. petard
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