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• Artillery Guidance Bureau — / Missile Guidance Bureau Active 1999 Country  North Korea …   Wikipedia

• artillery — [är til′ər ē] n. [ME < OFr artillerie < artillier (prob. altered by assoc. with arte, ART1) < atillier, to equip; dissimilated var. of atirier: see ATTIRE] 1. Archaic apparatus, as catapults or arbalests, for hurling heavy missiles 2.… …   English World dictionary

• Artillery — Ar*til ler*y, n. [OE. artilrie, OF. artillerie, arteillerie, fr. LL. artillaria, artilleria, machines and apparatus of all kinds used in war, vans laden with arms of any kind which follow camps; F. artillerie great guns, ordnance; OF. artillier… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Artillery park — Artillery Ar*til ler*y, n. [OE. artilrie, OF. artillerie, arteillerie, fr. LL. artillaria, artilleria, machines and apparatus of all kinds used in war, vans laden with arms of any kind which follow camps; F. artillerie great guns, ordnance; OF.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Artillery train — Artillery Ar*til ler*y, n. [OE. artilrie, OF. artillerie, arteillerie, fr. LL. artillaria, artilleria, machines and apparatus of all kinds used in war, vans laden with arms of any kind which follow camps; F. artillerie great guns, ordnance; OF.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• artillery — /ahr til euh ree/, n. 1. mounted projectile firing guns or missile launchers, mobile or stationary, light or heavy, as distinguished from small arms. 2. the troops or the branch of an army concerned with the use and service of such weapons. 3.… …   Universalium

• Artillery — For other uses of the term, see Artillery (disambiguation). Warfare Military history Eras Prehistoric Ancient …   Wikipedia

• Artillery battery — Remains of a battery of English cannon from Youghal, County Cork. In military organizations, an artillery battery is a unit of guns, mortars, rockets or missiles so grouped in order to facilitate better battlefield communication and command and… …   Wikipedia

• artillery — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. cannon, ordnance. See arms. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Heavy orDNAnce] Syn. gunnery, orDNAnce, mounted guns, cannons, missile launchers; see also cannon , munitions . 2. [The branch of the service that… …   English dictionary for students

• artillery — noun (plural leries) Etymology: Middle English artillerie, from Anglo French, from artiller to equip, arm, alteration of Old French atillier, from Vulgar Latin *apticulare, from Latin aptare to don, prepare, fit more at adapt Date: 15th century …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• artillery duels — exchange of artillery fire, fight in which large mounted guns are used …   English contemporary dictionary