mortar vessel
11mortar — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. cannon, howitzer; cement, bond; vessel, cup; grinder, crucible. See arms, connection. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A receptacle used with a pestle] Syn. basin, pot, caldron; see bowl . 2. [A short barreled… …
12mortar — n. & v. n. 1 a mixture of lime with cement, sand, and water, used in building to bond bricks or stones. 2 a short large bore cannon for firing shells at high angles. 3 a contrivance for firing a lifeline or firework. 4 a vessel made of hard… …
13mortar — A vessel with rounded interior in which crude drugs and other substances are crushed or bruised by means of a pestle. [L. mortarium] * * * mor·tar mȯrt ər n a strong vessel in which material is pounded or rubbed with a pestle * * * mor·tar… …
14mortar — I. noun Etymology: Middle English morter, from Old English mortere & Anglo French mortier, from Latin mortarium Date: before 12th century 1. a sturdy vessel in which material is pounded or rubbed with a pestle 2. [Middle French mortier] a. a… …
15mortar — mor·tar || mÉ”rtÉ™r / mÉ”ËtÉ™ n. cement; grinding vessel; cannon like device which fires bombs at a high trajectory v. cement, build or fix with mortar; shoot cannon, attack with mortars …
16mortar — I n 1. pulverizer, muller, apothecary s vessel. 2. cannon, field gun, siege gun, Inf. big gun; trench mortar, howitzer, Inf.Big Bertha; carronade, falconet, ten pounder, Fr. bouche a feu. II n plaster, grout, chinking, daubing; adobe, clay,… …
17mortar and pestle — combination of a bowl shaped vessel and a stick like tool (used to grind things, such as spices, coffee, etc.) …
18mortar — 1. Cement. Puna, puna hamo, pālolo. 2. Vessel. Poho, ipu ku i. 3. Ordnance. Pū kī, pōkā pahū …
19Bomb vessel — Bomb Bomb, n. [F. bombe bombshell, fr. L. bombus a humming or buzzing noise, Gr. ?.] [1913 Webster] 1. A great noise; a hollow sound. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] A pillar of iron . . . which if you had struck, would make . . . a great bomb in the… …
20Bomb vessel — A bomb vessel, bomb ship, bomb ketch, or simply bomb was a type of wooden sailing naval ship. Its primary armament was not cannon (long guns and carronades), but rather mortars mounted forward near the bow. Bomb vessels were specialized ships… …
