BAYONET

n. v.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
n.

A pointed instrument of the dagger kind fitted on the muzzle of a musket or rifle, so as to give the soldier increased means of offense and defense.

2.
n.

A pin which plays in and out of holes made to receive it, and which thus serves to engage or disengage parts of the machinery. Bayonet clutch. See Clutch. -- Bayonet joint, a form of coupling similar to that by which a bayonet is fixed on the barrel of a musket. Knight.

3.
v.

To stab with a bayonet.

4.
v.

To compel or drive by the bayonet. To bayonet us into submission. Burke.

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