Get Affordable VMs - excellent virtual server hosting


browse words by letter
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z
bombard

more about bombard

bombard


  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Bombard  \Bom"bard\,  n.  [F.  bombarde,  LL  bombarda,  fr  L.  bombus 
  +  -ard.  Cf  {Bumper},  and  see  {Bomb}.] 
  1.  (Gun.)  A  piece  of  heavy  ordnance  formerly  used  for 
  throwing  stones  and  other  ponderous  missiles.  It  was  the 
  earliest  kind  of  cannon. 
 
  They  planted  in  divers  places  twelve  great  bombards, 
  wherewith  they  threw  huge  stones  into  the  air, 
  which  falling  down  into  the  city,  might  break  down 
  the  houses.  --Knolles. 
 
  2.  A  bombardment.  [Poetic  &  R.]  --J.  Barlow. 
 
  3.  A  large  drinking  vessel  or  can,  or  a  leather  bottle,  for 
  carrying  liquor  or  beer.  [Obs.] 
 
  Yond  same  black  cloud,  yond  huge  one  looks  like  a 
  foul  bombard  that  would  shed  his  liquor.  --Shak. 
 
  4.  pl  Padded  breeches.  [Obs.] 
 
  {Bombard  phrase},  inflated  language;  bombast.  [Obs.]  --B. 
  Jonson 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Bombard  \Bom"bard\,  n.  [OE.  bombarde,  fr  F.  bombarde.]  (Mus.) 
  See  {Bombardo}.  [Obs.] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Bombard  \Bom*bard"\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Bombarded};  p.  pr  & 
  vb  n.  {Bombarding}.] 
  To  attack  with  bombards  or  with  artillery;  especially,  to 
  throw  shells,  hot  shot,  etc.,  at  or  into 
 
  Next  she  means  to  bombard  Naples.  --Burke. 
 
  His  fleet  bombarded  and  burnt  down  Dieppe  --Wood. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  bombard 
  n  :  a  large  shawm;  the  bass  member  of  the  shawm  family  [syn:  {bombardon}] 
  v  1:  cast,  hurl,  or  throw  repeatedly  with  some  missile;  "They 
  pelted  each  other  with  snowballs"  [syn:  {pelt}] 
  2:  throw  bombs  at  [syn:  {bomb}] 




more about bombard