Adjacent Words
bolyeBolzano
Bom
Boma
Bomarea
Bomarea edulis
Bomarea salsilla
Bomb
bomb blast
bomb calorimeter
Bomb chest
Bomb Cyclone
bomb disposal
bomb impact plot
Bomb lance
bomb out
bomb rack
bomb release line
bomb release point
bomb shelter
bomb site
bomb up
Bomb vessel
Bombacaceae
Bombace
Bombard
Bombard phrase
Bombarded
Full-text Search for "Bomb ketch"
2060
Bomb ketch definitions
|
| Tweet |
|
|---|
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
Ketch Ketch (k[e^]ch), n. [Prob. corrupted fr. Turk. q[=a][imac]q : cf. F. caiche. Cf. Ca["i]que.] (Naut.) An almost obsolete form of vessel, with a mainmast and a mizzenmast, -- usually from one hundred to two hundred and fifty tons burden. Bomb ketch. See under Bomb.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
Bomb Bomb, n. [F. bombe bombshell, fr. L. bombus a humming or buzzing noise, Gr. ?.] 1. A great noise; a hollow sound. [Obs.] A pillar of iron . . . which if you had struck, would make . . . a great bomb in the chamber beneath. --Bacon. 2. (Mil.) A shell; esp. a spherical shell, like those fired from mortars. See Shell. 3. A bomb ketch. Bomb chest (Mil.), a chest filled with bombs, or only with gunpowder, placed under ground, to cause destruction by its explosion. Bomb ketch, Bomb vessel (Naut.), a small ketch or vessel, very strongly built, on which mortars are mounted to be used in naval bombardments; -- called also mortar vessel. Bomb lance, a lance or harpoon with an explosive head, used in whale fishing. Volcanic bomb, a mass of lava of a spherical or pear shape. ``I noticed volcanic bombs.'' --Darwin.
