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Webster 1913 Edition

Ricochet

Ricˊo-chet′

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Noun.
[F.]
1.
A rebound or skipping, as of a bullet bouncing off a hard surface, or off the ground when a gun is fired at a low angle of elevation, or of a flat stone thrown along the surface of water.
Ricochet firing
(Mil.)
,
the firing of guns or howitzers, usually with small charges, at an elevation of only a few degrees, so as to cause the balls or shells to bound or skip along the ground.

Ricˊo-chet′

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Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Ricochetted
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Ricochetting
.]
To operate upon by ricochet firing. See
Ricochet
,
Noun.
[R.]

Ricˊo-chet′

,
Verb.
I.
To skip with a rebound or rebounds, as a flat stone on the surface of water, or a cannon ball on the ground. See
Ricochet
,
Noun.

Webster 1828 Edition

Ricochet

RIC'OCHET

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Noun.
In gunnery, the firing of guns, mortars or howitzers with small charges, and elevated a few degrees, so as to carry the balls or shells just over the parapet, and cause them to roll along the opposite rampart. This is called ricochet-firing, and the batteries are called ricochet-batteries.

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