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orgue


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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Orgue  \Orgue\,  n.  [F.,  fr  L.  organum  organ,  Gr  ?.  See 
  {Organ}.]  (Mil.) 
  a  Any  one  of  a  number  of  long,  thick  pieces  of  timber, 
  pointed  and  shod  with  iron,  and  suspended,  each  by  a 
  separate  rope,  over  a  gateway,  to  be  let  down  in  case  of 
  attack. 
  b  A  piece  of  ordnance,  consisting  of  a  number  of  musket 
  barrels  arranged  so  that  a  match  or  train  may  connect 
  with  all  their  touchholes,  and  a  discharge  be  secured 
  almost  or  quite  simultaneously.