Missile: alternatives and connections

The limb of the human body which extends from the shoulder to the hand; also, the corresponding limb of a monkey.

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Projecting or impelling forward; as, a projectile force.

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A cruciferous plant (Eruca sativa) sometimes eaten in Europe as a salad.

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An instrument of offensive of defensive combat; something to fight with; anything used, or designed to be used, in destroying, defeating, or injuring…

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A missile weapon of offense, slender, pointed, and usually feathered and barbed, to be shot from a bow.

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A very singular missile weapon used by the natives of Australia and in some parts of India. It is usually a curved stick of hard wood, from twenty to…

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A small ball.

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A pointed missile weapon, intended to be thrown by the hand; a short lance; a javelin; hence, any sharp-pointed missile weapon, as an arrow.

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A little ball; as, a pellet of wax / paper.

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One who seeks; that which is used in seeking or searching.

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of Shoot

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See Horned rattler, under Horned.

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A drone; a slow, lazy fellow; a sluggard.

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Paper chewed, and rolled into a ball, to be thrown as a missile.

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Projecting or impelling forward; as, a projectile force.

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Projecting or impelling forward; as, a projectile force.

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The prominent part of the face or anterior extremity of the head containing the nostrils and olfactory cavities; the olfactory organ. See Nostril, an…

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A contrivance attached to some elevated object for the purpose of showing which way the wind blows; a weathercock. It is usually a plate or strip of…

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Projecting or impelling forward; as, a projectile force.

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