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Webster 1913 Edition
Grenade
Gre-nade′
,Noun.
[F.
grenade
a pomegranate, a grenade, or Sp. granada
; orig., filled with seeds. So called from the resemblance of its shape to a pomegranate. See Carnet
, Grain
a kernel, and cf. Pomegranate
.] (Min.)
A hollow ball or shell of iron filled with powder of other explosive, ignited by means of a fuse, and thrown from the hand among enemies.
Hand grenade
. (a)
A small grenade of iron or glass, usually about two and a half inches in diameter, to be thrown from the hand into the head of a sap, trenches, covered way, or upon besiegers mounting a breach.
(b)
A portable fire extinguisher consisting of a glass bottle containing water and gas. It is thrown into the flames. Called also
– fire grenade
. Rampart grenades
, grenades of various sizes, which, when used, are rolled over the pararapet in a trough.
Webster 1828 Edition
Grenade
GRENA'DE
,Noun.