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A military dictionary : $b or, Explanation of the several systems of discipline of different kinds of troops, infantry, artillery, and cavalry: the principles of fortification, and all the modern improvements in the science of tactics: comprising the pocket gunner, or little bombardier, the military regulations of the United States: the weights, measures, and monies of all nations: the technical terms and phrases of the art of war in the French language: particularly adapted to the use of the Duane, William

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A military dictionary : $b or, Explanation of the several systems of discipline of different kinds of troops, infantry, artillery, and cavalry: the principles of fortification, and all the modern improvements in the science of tactics: comprising the pocket gunner, or little bombardier, the military regulations of the United States: the weights, measures, and monies of all nations: the technical terms and phrases of the art of war in the French language: particularly adapted to the use of the

Name: A military dictionary : $b or, Explanation of the several systems of discipline of different kinds of troops, infantry, artillery, and cavalry: the principles of fortification, and all the modern improvements in the science of tactics: comprising the pocket gunner, or little bombardier, the military regulations of the United States: the weights, measures, and monies of all nations: the technical terms and phrases of the art of war in the French language: particularly adapted to the use of the
Author: Duane, William

Duane, William

English language -- Terms and phrases; Military art and science -- Dictionaries

On certain eminent places of the country are placed long poles erect,
whereon are fastened pitch-barrels to be fired by night, and smoke made
by day, to give notice, in a few hours of an approaching invasion;
the Irish are reported to have risen upon and extirpated the Danes by
beacons or fires lighted on their hills.

BEAR, in gunnery. A piece of ordnance is said to _bear_, or _come_
to _bear_, or _brought_ to _bear_ when pointed directly against the
object; that is, pointed to hit the object.

BEARD, the reflected points of the head of an ancient arrow,
particularly of such as were jagged.

BEAT, in a military sense, signifies to gain the day, to win the
battle, &c.

_To_ BEAT _a parley_. See CHAMADE.

BEAVER, that part of the ancient helmet which covered the face, and
which was moveable so as to expose the face without removing the beaver
from the helmet.

BECHE, _Fr._ a spade used by pioneers.

BEDS, in the military language, are of various sorts, viz.

_Mortar_-BEDS serve for the same purpose as a carriage does to a
cannon: they are made of solid timber, consisting generally of 2 pieces
fastened together with strong iron bolts and bars. Their sizes are
according to the kind of mortar they carry.

BEDS _for Mortars_.

  +-------------+------------+------------+--------+-------+---------+
  |   KINDS.    |   Weight.  |  Tonnage.  |  Len.  |  Br.  |   Ht.   |
  +-------------+------------+------------+--------+-------+---------+
  |             |cwt. qr. lb.|ts. cwt. qr.|ft. in. |ft. in.|ft.  in. |
  |    Sea      | 38   3   13| 3    3   2 |        |       |         |
  |13{ Land Wood| 21   2    7| 1    6   0 | 7  0   | 2   6 | 2   3   |
  |  { Do. Iron | 50   0    0| 2   10   0 | 6  3   | 3   1 | 1   6   |
  |    Sea      | 32   2   14| 2    2   2 |        |       |         |
  |10{ Land Wood| 10   0   20| 0   14   2 | 6  6   | 1   8 | 1  10   |
  |  { Do. Iron | 23   0    0| 1    3   0 | 4  8   | 2   4 | 1   1¹⁄₂|
  | 8 {Land Wood|  6   0   20| 0    7   2 | 4  2   | 1   7 | 1   7¹⁄₂|
  |   {Do. Iron | 12   0    0| 0   12   0 | 4  0   | 1  11 | 0  11   |
  |5¹⁄₂ Wood    |  1   0   22| 0    2   0 | 2  9   | 1   4 | 0  10   |
  |4²⁄₅ Wood    |  0   3   11| 0    1   2 | 2  4¹⁄₂| 1   2 | 0   9   |
  +-------------+------------+------------+--------+-------+---------+

_Stool_-BEDS for guns.

  +------+------+---------+----+-------------+----
         |      |         |    |    Inch.    | In.
  +------+------+---------+----+-------------+----
  42 Prs.|0 1 20|0 1 0    |2 10|11    to 8³⁄₄|3³⁄₄
  32 ----|0 1 14|0 1 0    |2 10|10       5¹⁄₂|3¹⁄₄
  24 ----|0 1 14|0 1 0    |2  9|10¹⁄₄    6¹⁄₂|4
  18 ----|0 1 12|0 1 0    |2  8| 9¹⁄₂    6¹⁄₂|3³⁄₄
  12 ----|0 1 10|0 0 2²⁄₃ |2  8|10       6¹⁄₂|4
   9 ----|0 1  4|0 0 2    |2  7| 9¹⁄₂    5³⁄₄|3¹⁄₂
   6 ----|0 1  0|0 0 1³⁄₄ |2  6| 9       4³⁄₄|3¹⁄₂
   4 ----|0 1  0|0 0 1    |2  6| 8¹⁄₄    5¹⁄₄|
  +------+------+---------+----+-------------+----

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