Naumachy: alternatives and connections

An engagement between troops in war, whether on land or water; a battle; a fight; as, a general action, a partial action.

A naval officer of the highest rank; a naval officer of high rank, of which there are different grades. The chief gradations in rank a…

Order; a regular and imposing arrangement; disposition in regular lines; hence, order of battle; as, drawn up in battle array.

Relation of direction toward an object or end; as, look at it; to point at one; to aim at a mark; to throw, strike, shoot, wink, mock,…

Arrayed for battle; fit or eager for battle; warlike.

Order of battle; disposition or arrangement of troops (brigades, regiments, battalions, etc.), or of a naval force, for action.

To join in battle; to contend in fight; as, to battle over theories.

To mock; to ridicule.

A small European song bird (Sylvia atricapilla), with a black crown; the mock nightingale.

A mineral, called also sphalerite, and by miners mock lead, false galena, and black-jack. It is a zinc sulphide, but often contains so…

To mock or delude; to cheat.

Tending to excite laughter or contempt by extravagant images, or by a contrast between the subject and the manner of treating it, as w…

A young man in training for military or naval service; esp. a pupil in a military or naval school, as at West Point, Annapolis, or Woo…

A mock serenade of discordant noises, made with kettles, tin horns, etc., designed to annoy and insult.

A badge, usually in the form of a rosette, or knot, and generally worn upon the hat; -- used as an indication of military or naval ser…

A court consisting of military or naval officers, for the trial of one belonging to the army or navy, or of offenses against military…

An overthrow, as of an army in battle; loss of a battle; repulse suffered; discomfiture; -- opposed to victory.

To laugh at with contempt; to laugh to scorn; to turn to ridicule or make sport of; to mock; to scoff at.