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A blow with edge of a sword. Farrow.

A farrow. [Obs.] Perry.

oldiers. -- Fatigue duty (Mil.), labor exacted from soldiers aside from the use of arms. Farrow. -- Fatigue party, a party of soldiers on fatigue duty.

rated with water, for cooling a gun in action and clearing away particles of powder, etc. Farrow. -- Fire teaser, in England, the fireman of a steam emgine. -- Fire water, ardent spirits; -- so called by the American Indians. -- Fire worship, the worship of fire, which prevails chiefly in Persia, among the followers…

sergeant (Mil.), the ranking non-commissioned officer in a company; the orderly sergeant. Farrow. -- First watch (Naut.), the watch from eight to twelve at midnight; also, the men on duty during that time. -- First water, the highest quality or purest luster; -- said of gems, especially of diamond and pearls.…

e master (Mil.), a person charged with providing forage and the means of transporting it. Farrow.

A piece of ground between the wall of a place and the moat. Farrow.

The arrangement of a body of troops, as in a square, column, etc. Farrow.

works, depending solely on their own strength, belong to the class of works termed forts. Farrow.

trance. -- Front of fortification, the works constructed upon any one side of a polygon. Farrow. -- Front of operations, all that part of the field of operations in front of the successive positions occupied by the army as it moves forward. Farrow. -- To come to the front, to attain prominence or leadership.…

, channel, or groove, as in wood or metal; a wrinkle on the face; as, the furrows of age. Farrow weed a weed which grows on plowed land. Shak. -- To draw a straight furrow, to live correctly; not to deviate from the right line of duty. Lowell.

o fuzee. See Fuze. Fuse hole, the hole in a shell prepared for the reception of the fuse. Farrow.

h very small guns were formerly mounted, the gun resting on the shafts, without a limber. Farrow. Galloper gun, a light gun, supported on a galloper, -- formerly attached to British infantry regiments.

A kind of ornamental firework. Farrow.

A series of chambers in defensive mines. Farrow.

ed in various ways, as for igniting buildings or works, or to light ditches and ramparts. Farrow.

at the end of a line, to mark the pivots, formations, marches, and alignments in tactics. Farrow. Guide bar (Mach.), the part of a steam engine on which the crosshead slides, and by which the motion of the piston rod is kept parallel to the cylinder, being a substitute for the parallel motion; -- called also guide, and…

hung above gateways so that it may be quickly lowered, to impede the advance of an enemy. Farrow.

Long poles, topped with wisps of straw, used as landmarks and signals. Farrow.

A game of war, played for practice, on maps. Farrow.