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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

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(Mil.)

A small mortar on a gun carriage, in use before the howitzer.

Noun.

A small mortar, or short gun for throwing bombs. [See Howitzer, the common orthography.]

hobit ‎(plural hobits)

(military, historical) A small mortar on a gun carriage, in use before the howitzer.

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