MISSILE

a. n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Capable of being thrown; adapted for hurling or to be projected from the hand, or from any instrument or rngine, so as to strike an object at a distance. We bend the bow, or wing the missile dart. Pope.

2.
n.

A weapon thrown or projected or intended to be projcted, as a lance, an arrow, or a bullet.


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