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Orgue
(gcide) | Orgue \Orgue\, n. [F., fr. L. organum organ, Gr. ?. See
Organ.] (Mil.)
(a) Any one of a number of long, thick pieces of timber,
pointed and shod with iron, and suspended, each by a
separate rope, over a gateway, to be let down in case of
attack.
(b) A piece of ordnance, consisting of a number of musket
barrels arranged so that a match or train may connect
with all their touchholes, and a discharge be secured
almost or quite simultaneously.
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morgue
(encz) | morgue,márnice n: Zdeněk Brož |
Morgue
(gcide) | Morgue \Morgue\, n. [F.]
1. A place where the bodies of dead persons are kept, until
they are identified, or claimed by their friends; a
deadhouse.
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2. (Newspapers) A room containing reference files of older
material in a newspaper office; also, the material
contained in such a room.
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morgue
(wn) | morgue
n 1: a building (or room) where dead bodies are kept before
burial or cremation [syn: morgue, mortuary, {dead
room}] |
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