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Definition of Petards
1. petard [n] - See also: petard
Lexicographical Neighbors of Petards
Literary usage of Petards
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1839)
"Little boats, with festive lamps, rejoiced over the surface of the waters, and
the petards, the Peten, as Scott's girl called them, were popping off under ..."
2. Artillery Through the Ages: A Short Illustrated History of Cannon by Albert C. Manucy (1994)
"petards "Hoist with his own petard," an ancient phrase signifying that one's ...
Small petards weighed about 50 pounds; the large ones, around 70 pounds. ..."
3. Memoirs of Maximilian de Bethune, Duke of Sully, Prime Minister of Henry the by Maximilien de Béthune Sully, Pierre-Mathurin de L'Ecluse des Loges (1812)
"... petards, arms, and ammunition, necessary for the 'enterprise. I found the King
shut up in the Queen's little closet; with him were that princess, ..."
4. The British Army: Its Origin, Progress, and Equipment by James Sibbald David Scott, Sibbald David Scott (1868)
"... CALLED CANNONIERS PRACTICE IN IRELAND IN CIVIL WAR — petards—SHELLS RICOCHET
CHAIN-SHOT—GUNS IN ST. JAMES'S PARK.. ARTILLERY, a word derived from the ..."
5. A Treatise Upon the Duties of Light Troops by Ehwald (1803)
"SECTION V. Of petards. ... to treat of the ufe of petards, I think it cannot be
better introduced, than in this chapter, in which I am treating of the duty ..."
6. The cornet of horse by George Alfred Henty (1881)
"No, Dillon, it would not do, But if you can get the petards, you will have the
satisfaction of knowing that you have done your share of the work; ..."
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