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grenado
grenado arch. (grɪˈneɪdəʊ) Forms: α. 7–8 granado(e, 7–9 granada, (7 granida). β. 7– grenado. [ad. Sp. granada: see grenade n.1 and -ado.] 1. = grenade1 2.α 1611 N. T. in Coryat Crambe b j a, Of some Oxe-hide in Styx long drenched, Or that had some Granada quenched. [Marg. A warlike engine otherwise ...
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HMS Granado
Two vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Granado (or HMS Grenado, or Grenada):
was launched at Dover in 1695 as a bomb vessel.
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HMS Granado (1742)
Grenado took Marianne into the Humber.
Between July and December 1746 Granado was at Sheerness, undergoing fitting.
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granada
▪ I. † granada Cookery. Obs. = grenade2.1806 A. Hunter Culina (ed. 3) 24 A Granada. Take the caul laid over a leg of veal..put upon it a layer of the flitch part of bacon; then a layer of high-seasoned forcemeat; then [etc.].▪ II. granada, -ade obs. ff. grenado, -ade1.
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Shadrach Fox
His brother Thomas Fox had worked that company as founder near London, casting grenado shells and shot for the Board in 1693, after which Thomas became warden of the Fleet Prison, in which he stored 'bombs and grenado shells', probably ones empty of gunpowder.
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hand-grenade
hand-grenade (ˈhændgrɪˌneɪd) Also 7–9 -grenado, 7–8 -granado. 1. An explosive missile, smaller than a bombshell, thrown by hand.a 1661 Fuller Worthies ii. (1662) 61 If they lye board and board they throw hand-Granadoes with stinck-pots into the ship which make so noisom a smell that, [etc.]. 1684 J....
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Grenade launcher
History
Early precursors
The earliest devices that could be referred to as grenade launchers were slings, which could be used to throw early grenado
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grenade
▪ I. grenade, n.1 (grɪˈneɪd) Forms: α. 6–7 granade; β. 7– grenade. [a. F. grenade fem., a. Sp. granada (also Pg.) pomegranate (see garnet); hence transf. = sense 2 below. See also grenado.] † 1. A pomegranate. Obs. (Cf. granate n.2)α c 1532 G. Du Wes Introd. Fr. in Palsgr. 912 Granades, grenades. 16...
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coehorn
coehorn, cohorn Mil. (ˈkəʊhɔːn) [f. the name of Coehorn ((ˈkuhorn), i.e. cow-horn), the Dutch military engineer.] A small mortar for throwing grenades, introduced by Baron Coehorn. In full, coehorn mortar.1705 Lond. Gaz. No. 4104/2 The 30 Coehorn Mortars.. did much damage. 1712 E. Cooke Voy. S. Sea ...
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The Homicide Squad
Cast
Leo Carrillo as Big Louie Grenado
Noah Beery as Captain Michael Buckley
Mary Brian as Millie O'Dowd
Russell Gleason as Joe Riley
George Brent as
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William Blair (Royal Navy officer)
He served as lieutenant in the Grenado, Superb, Centurion, Salisbury, and Grafton, but did not attain his commander's rank till 6 December 1777, when he
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-ado
-ado, suffix of ns. 1. a. Sp. or Pg. -ado masc. of pa. pple., as El Dorado the gilded:—L. deaurātus; desperado one out of hope:—desperātus; tornado (Pg.) that which is turned or whirled; renegado one who has re-denied the faith, now renegade. 2. An ignorant sonorous refashioning of ns. in -ade, a. F...
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HMS Gibraltar Prize
There she was left behind with several other ships - the Windsor, the Arc-En-Ciel, the Nightingale, the Speedwell and the bomb-vessel Grenado - to defend
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forethought
▪ I. forethought, n. (ˈfɔəθɔːt) [f. fore- prefix + thought n.] 1. a. A thinking out or contriving beforehand. (crime, evil, etc.) of forethought, premeditated.a 1300 Cursor M. 27661 (Cott.) O nith cums bitternes o thoght..wit wicked for-thoght And conspiraciun. 1692 R. L'Estrange Fables ccccxcix, He...
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