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Ordnance survey
(gcide) | Ordnance \Ord"nance\, n. [From OE. ordenance, referring orig. to
the bore or size of the cannon. See Ordinance.]
Heavy weapons of warfare; cannon, or great guns, mortars, and
howitzers; artillery; sometimes, a general term for all
weapons, ammunitiion, and appliances used in war.
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All the battlements their ordnance fire. --Shak.
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Then you may hear afar off the awful roar of his [Rufus
Choate's] rifled ordnance. --E. Everett.
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Ordnance survey, the official survey of Great Britain and
Ireland, conducted by the ordnance department.
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ordnance survey
(wn) | Ordnance Survey
n 1: the official cartography agency of the British government |
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ordnance survey
(wn) | Ordnance Survey
n 1: the official cartography agency of the British government |
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