2. Verb. (third-person singular of ricochet) ¹
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Definition of Ricochets
1. ricochet [v] - See also: ricochet
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ricochets
Literary usage of Ricochets
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Military Dictionary and Gazetteer: Comprising Ancient and Modern Military by Thomas Wilhelm (1881)
"They retain sufficient heat to ignite wood after having made several ricochets
upon water. The wads for hot shot should be made of clay or hav, ..."
2. A Military Dictionary, Comprising Terms, Scientific and Otherwise, Connected by George Elliot Voyle, G. de Saint-Clair-Stevenson (1876)
"The " marker " will therefore, in future, be held responsible that all ricochets
are signalled iu the usual way with the red or " danger " flag. IX. ..."
3. The Artillerist's Manual by John Gibbon (1860)
"ricochets.—When the angle of fall is small enough, the projectile rises and
continues to move on, forming a series of bounds or ricochets, increasing in ..."
4. The royal phraseological English-French, French-English dictionary by John Charles Tarver (1853)
"Faire des ricochets sur l'eau, to cut ducks and drakes. ... Ces événements sont
venus par ricochets, these events followed each other by ricochets—in ..."
5. Points in Minor Tactics by Charles Albert Smylie (1898)
"The slope and nature of ground affect ricochets very materially, as their length
is increased by falling ground and decreased by rising ground, ..."
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