Military Diction
A Military Dictionary and Gazetteer Comprising ancient and modern military technical terms, historical accounts of all North American Indians, as well as ancient warlike tribes; also notices of battles from the earliest period to the present time, with a concise explanation of terms used in heraldry and the offices thereof. The work also gives valuable geographical information. Compiled from the best authorities of all nations. With an appendix containing the Articles of war, etc.
作者：Wilhelm, Thomas
体例：段 章数：150
字数：3,005,618 来源：Project Gutenberg
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共 150 段- =Acquittance Roll.= In the British service, a roll containin
- =Albe.= A city in Naples, situated near the Lake Celano; in
- =Ammunition Shoes.= Those made for soldiers and sailors in t
- =Antioch.= A city in Syria, built by Seleucus 300 B.C.; afte
- =Armed.= Furnished with weapons of offense or defense; furni
- =Ashantees.= Warlike negroes of West Africa. In 1807 they co
- =Autocrat.= A person vested with an absolute independent pow
- =Ballistic=, or =Electro-ballistic Machine=. Is a machine de
- =Base-line.= In gunnery, is a line traced around the gun in
- The _Hotchkiss revolving cannon_ has the largest calibre of
- =Belt, Great.= A strait forming the central communication be
- =Bithynia.= An ancient division of Asia Minor, separated fro
- =Bohemia.= A political and administrative division of the Au
- =Boulogne.= A seaport in Picardy, Northern France; was taken
- Military bridges are composed of a roadway and its supports;
- =Bullets.= Are projectiles of lead to be discharged from var
- =Caliper-compass.= An instrument by which the bore of cannon
- =Capote.= A heavy coat with a hood, worn by soldiers, sailor
- =Carthage.= An ancient and celebrated city in Africa, the re
- =Celtiberi=, or =Celtiberians=. An ancient and warlike peopl
- =Chase-ring.= In gunnery, is a band at the front end of the
- =Chunar, Treaty of.= Concluded between the nabob of Oude and
- =Combustion, Velocity of.= Is the space passed over by the s
- =Constable of the Tower.= In England, is a general officer w
- =Courier.= In a military sense, means a messenger sent post
- =Cuba.= An island in the Caribbean Sea, at the mouth of the
- =David’s Day, St.= The 1st day of March is annually commemor
- =Depot.= Any place at which military stores are deposited fo
- =Diu.= A once celebrated island and fortress of Hindostan, i
- =Dunkirk.= A fortified seaport town in the extreme northern
- =Elevation.= In gunnery, is one of the elements of pointing,
- =Eretria.= One of the most celebrated of ancient cities, and
- There are varieties of all these compounds produced, by the
- =Ferrara.= A city of Italy, and the capital of one of the Æm
- =Flag, Black.= A flag of a black color, displayed as a sign
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- =Fort Plain.= A Revolutionary fortress, which was situated n
- =Friction Primer.= In gunnery, consists of a short tube of m
- The time fuze already described can be used in smooth-bore g
- =Garrison des Janissaries= (_Fr._). The _élite_ or flower of
- =George, Lake.= A beautiful sheet of water in the State of N
- =Gisors.= A town of France, in the department of the Eure, 2
- =Governor’s Island.= An island in New York harbor, about a m
- =Guard, Baggage.= A guard who has the care of the baggage on
- =Gun-lift.= The gun-lift recently devised by Col. Laidley, o
- =Haddington.= A royal burgh of Scotland, and county town of
- =Hastati.= From the Latin word _hasta_, a spear, so that the
- =Heptarchy.= A government of seven; said to have been establ
- =Hold Out, To.= To maintain any place, ground, etc., resolut
- =Hot Shot.= Shot made red-hot for the purpose of setting fir
- =Illyricum=, or =Illyria=. Is the Roman name of a country wh
- =Indiana.= One of the Western States, and a portion of the g
- =Infantry= (Lat. _infans_, “child,” or “servant,” applied to
- =Insurgents.= Soldiers or people generally in a state of ins
- =Itinerairies= (_Fr._). Itinerary movements or days of march
- =Judge-Advocate.= An individual appointed to officiate as pu
- =Kertch= (anc. _Panticapœum_). A town of Russia, in the gove
- There are other knots very useful in the artillery service a
- The _wooden fuze_ consists of a conical plug of wood of the
- =Landwehr.= The militia of a country. Austria has a landwehr
- =Leipsic.= A city of the kingdom of Saxony, situated about 6
- =Line of Direction.= In gunnery, was a line formerly marked
- =Locking-plates.= Are thin, flat pieces of iron on the sides
- =Lundy’s Lane, Battle of.= Called also the battle of Niagara
- =Mahe.= A seaport in Hindostan, India; is a French settlemen
- =Mangalore.= A seaport town and fortress of Hindostan, on th
- =Marching Regiments.= A term given in England to those who h
- =Martello Towers.= Are round towers for coast defense, about
- =Mattock.= A pioneer tool, resembling a pickaxe, but having
- =Memphis.= A flourishing city and port of entry of Shelby Co
- =Michigan.= One of the Northern Central States of the United
- THE UNITED STATES.--The Military Academy at West Point is th
- =Mining.= In military affairs, is the art of blowing up any
- =Mohawks=, or =Maquas=. A warlike tribe of Indians who forme
- =Morea.= The name borne by the ancient Peloponnesus since th
- =Muster.= A review of troops under arms, fully equipped, in
- =Nashville.= A city and capital of the State of Tennessee, s
- =Newcastle-upon-Tyne.= A river-port and the chief town of th
- =Nineveh.= The greatest city in Assyria and for some time th
- =North Carolina.= One of the Southern Atlantic States, and o
- =Odrysæ.= The most powerful people in Thrace, dwelt, accordi
- =Orchomenus.= A city of Bœotia, and the capital of the power
- The early adoption of the rifle principle by all European po
- _Siege-Carriages._--There are three different kinds of siege
- The _vent_ (see VENT) is perpendicular to the axis of the pi
- In the _construction of built-up guns_, makers have aimed at
- _Blistered Steel._--This is prepared by exposing alternate l
- =Organization.= The act of assigning and putting troops into
- =Ottawas.= A tribe of Algonkin Indians, who formerly resided
- =Padua= (anc. _Patavium_, It. _Padova_). A town of Italy, ca
- =Pandour= (from _Pandur_, a mountainous district of Hungary)
- =Paris= (anc. _Lutetia Parisiorum_). The metropolis of Franc
- =Patonce, Cross.= In heraldry (Lat. _patens_, “expanding”),
- =Penalty.= In a military sense, signifies forfeiture for
- =Persia= (Per. _Iran_). A country of Asia, which may be cons
- =Pianosa.= An island in the Mediterranean, about 10 miles
- =Pizzo.= A city of Italy, in the Neapolitan province of Cala
- _Pointing Mortars._--In pointing mortars, the piece is first
- =Pondicherry.= A maritime town, and the capital of the Frenc
- _Wagon-body Pontons._--Ordinary wagon-bodies, covered with p
- =Praguerie, War of= (so named from Prague, then celebrated f
- 1. _The Flanged System._--This comprises all projectiles whi
- The inclination of the trajectory decreases from the origin
- =Pueblo Indians= (Sp. _pueblo_, “village”). An interesting c
- =Quadrilateral.= In military language, an expression designa
- =Raise.= Armies are _raised_ in two ways: either by voluntar
- Garrison. Marching or Fatigue.
- =Reformed Officer.= In the British army, one whose troop or
- =Retired List.= Is a list of officers retired from the army
- =Rifle.= A fire-arm having a number of spiral grooves cut in
- =Rohilcund.= A region of Northeast India; was conquered by t
- =Ross, New.= A town of Ireland, situated partly in the count
- =Sacred Battalion.= A band of infantry composed of 300 young
- Personages entitled to salutes, if _passing_ a military post
- =Sash.= In the British army, is a military distinction worn
- =Scirtis.= A wild and mountainous district in the north of L
- =See, To.= In a military sense, is to have practical knowled
- =Seringapatam= (anc. _Sri-Rungaputtun_, “City of Vishnu”). A
- =Shoulder-knot.= An ornamental knot of gold cord on cloth of
- =Signal Service.= In the U. S. army there is one chief signa
- =Sligo.= A maritime county in the northwest of Ireland, and
- _Revolver._--In fire-arms, is a weapon which, by means of a
- =Spain.= A kingdom of Europe, occupying the larger portion o
- =Square-pierced.= In heraldry, a term used to designate a ch
- =Stirrup.= A kind of ring, or bent piece of metal, leather,
- =Sub-Brigadier.= An officer in the Horse Guards who ranks as
- =Sussex.= A maritime county in the south of England. Ælla an
- =Systems of Artillery.= The character and arrangement of the
- =Tanjore.= A town of British India, capital of a district of
- The Boulongè telemeter is an instrument devised for ascertai
- =Texas.= One of the southwestern of the United States of Ame
- =Thug.= One of an association of robbers and murderers in In
- =Torres-Vedras.= A town of Estremadura, kingdom of Portugal,
- =Traveling Allowance.= Is an allowance made to officers when
- =Trial.= The formal examination of the matter in issue in a
- =Trou de Loup= (Wolf-hole). In field fortification, is a rou
- =Tyana= (ruins at _Kiz Hisar_). A city of Asia Minor, stood
- =Usher of the Green Rod.= One of the officers of the order o
- The resistance on the entire projectile for a velocity of 1
- =Vienna.= A celebrated city of Europe, capital of the Austri
- =Wagon-train.= An indispensable companion of an army under t
- =Warrington.= A town of England, in Lancashire, on the river
- =Wigan.= A town of England, in Lancashire, situated near the
- =Wörth.= A village of Alsace, at the junction of the Sulzbac
- =Zululand.= The country lying northeast of the colony of Nat
- =Reichenbach= (Prussia). Here was signed a subsidy treaty be
- Who, for the purpose of obtaining, or aiding others to obtai
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- Pendulum Hause.
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