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torpedo
(encz) | torpedo,torpédo n: Petr Prášek |
torpedo
(gcide) | marine mine \ma*rine" mine`\, n. (Mil.)
A military explosive device designed to be placed on or under
the surface of a body of water, and to explode when ships
pass nearby or come in contact with it. Its function is to
destroy enemy ships or deny hostile naval forces access to
certain areas of the sea, usually near the shoreline. Also
called underwater mine and floating mine, and previously
referred to as a torpedo (See torpedo[2]
(a) ).
[PJC] |
torpedo
(gcide) | Mine \Mine\, n. [F., fr. LL. mina. See Mine, v. i.]
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1. A subterranean cavity or passage; especially:
(a) A pit or excavation in the earth, from which metallic
ores, precious stones, coal, or other mineral
substances are taken by digging; -- distinguished from
the pits from which stones for architectural purposes
are taken, and which are called quarries.
(b) (Mil.) A cavity or tunnel made under a fortification
or other work, for the purpose of blowing up the
superstructure with some explosive agent.
[1913 Webster]
2. Any place where ore, metals, or precious stones are got by
digging or washing the soil; as, a placer mine.
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3. (Fig.): A rich source of wealth or other good. --Shak.
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4. (Mil.) An explosive device placed concealed in a location,
on land or at sea, where an enemy vehicle or enemy
personnel may pass through, having a triggering mechanism
which detects people or vehicles, and which will explode
and kill or maim personnel or destroy or damage vehicles.
A mine placed at sea (formerly called a torpedo, see
torpedo[2]
(a) ) is also called an marine mine and underwater mine
and sometimes called a floating mine, even though it
may be anchored to the floor of the sea and not
actually float freely. A mine placed on land (formerly
called a torpedo, see torpedo[3]), usually buried,
is called a land mine.
[PJC]
Mine dial, a form of magnetic compass used by miners.
Mine pig, pig iron made wholly from ore; in distinction
from cinder pig, which is made from ore mixed with forge
or mill cinder.
gold mine
(a) a mine where gold is obtained.
(b) (Fig.) a rich source of wealth or other good; same as
Mine 3. --Raymond.
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Torpedo
(gcide) | Torpedo \Tor*pe"do\, n.; pl. Torpedoes. [L. torpedo, -inis,
from torpere to be stiff, numb, or torpid. See Torpid.]
[1913 Webster]
1. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of elasmobranch fishes
belonging to Torpedo and allied genera. They are related
to the rays, but have the power of giving electrical
shocks. Called also crampfish, and numbfish. See
Electrical fish, under Electrical.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The common European torpedo (Torpedo vulgaris) and
the American species (Torpedo occidentalis) are the
best known.
[1913 Webster]
2. An engine or machine for destroying ships by blowing them
up; a mine[4]. Specifically:
[1913 Webster +PJC]
(a) A quantity of explosives anchored in a channel,
beneath the water, or set adrift in a current, and so
designed that they will explode when touched or
approached by a vessel, or when an electric circuit is
closed by an operator on shore; now called {marine
mine}. [obsolete]
[1913 Webster +PJC]
Damn the torpedoes -- full speed ahead! --Adm.
David Glasgow
Farragut (At
the battle of
Mobile Bay,
1864).
(b) A kind of small submarine boat carrying an explosive
charge, and projected from a ship against another ship
at a distance, or made self-propelling, and otherwise
automatic in its action against a distant ship.
[1913 Webster]
3. (Mil.) A kind of shell or cartridge buried in earth, to be
exploded by electricity or by stepping on it; now called
land mine. [obsolete]
[1913 Webster +PJC]
4. (Railroad) A kind of detonating cartridge or shell placed
on a rail, and exploded when crushed under the locomotive
wheels, -- used as an alarm signal.
[1913 Webster]
5. An explosive cartridge or shell lowered or dropped into a
bored oil well, and there exploded, to clear the well of
obstructions or to open communication with a source of
supply of oil.
[1913 Webster]
6. A kind of firework in the form of a small ball, or pellet,
which explodes when thrown upon a hard object.
[1913 Webster]
7. An automobile with a torpedo body. [Archaic Cant]
[Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
Fish torpedo, a spindle-shaped, or fish-shaped,
self-propelling submarine torpedo.
Spar torpedo, a canister or other vessel containing an
explosive charge, and attached to the end of a long spar
which projects from a ship or boat and is thrust against
an enemy's ship, exploding the torpedo.
Torpedo boat, a vessel adapted for carrying, launching,
operating, or otherwise making use of, torpedoes against
an enemy's ship., especially, a small, fast boat with
tubes for launching torpedoes.
Torpedo nettings, nettings made of chains or bars, which
can be suspended around a vessel and allowed to sink
beneath the surface of the water, as a protection against
torpedoes.
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Torpedo
(gcide) | Torpedo \Tor*pe"do\, v. t.
1. to destroy by, or subject to the action of, a torpedo.
--London Spectator.
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2. [Fig.] To destroy, cause to halt, or prevent from being
accomplished; -- used esp. with reference to a plan or an
enterprise, halted by some action before the plan is put
into execution.
[PJC] |
torpedo
(gcide) | hit man \hit man\ n.
1. A professional murderer, esp. one working for a criminal
organization; also called torpedo. [Colloq.]
[PJC]
2. A slanderer working for political purposes to damage the
reputation of an opponent; a hatchet man.
[PJC] |
torpedo
(gcide) | Electric \E*lec"tric\ ([-e]*l[e^]k"tr[i^]k), Electrical
\E*lec"tric*al\ ([-e]*l[e^]k"tr[i^]*kal), a. [L. electrum amber,
a mixed metal, Gr. 'h`lektron; akin to 'hle`ktwr the beaming
sun, cf. Skr. arc to beam, shine: cf. F. ['e]lectrique. The
name came from the production of electricity by the friction
of amber.]
1. Pertaining to electricity; consisting of, containing,
derived from, or produced by, electricity; as, electric
power or virtue; an electric jar; electric effects; an
electric spark; an electric charge; an electric current;
an electrical engineer.
[1913 Webster]
2. Capable of occasioning the phenomena of electricity; as,
an electric or electrical machine or substance; an
electric generator.
[1913 Webster]
3. Electrifying; thrilling; magnetic. "Electric Pindar."
--Mrs. Browning.
[1913 Webster]
4. powered by electricity; as, electrical appliances; an
electric toothbrush; an electric automobile.
[WordNet 1.5]
Electric atmosphere, or Electric aura. See under Aura.
Electrical battery. See Battery.
Electrical brush. See under Brush.
Electric cable. See Telegraph cable, under Telegraph.
Electric candle. See under Candle.
Electric cat (Zo["o]l.), one of three or more large species
of African catfish of the genus Malapterurus (esp. {M.
electricus} of the Nile). They have a large electrical
organ and are able to give powerful shocks; -- called also
sheathfish.
Electric clock. See under Clock, and see
Electro-chronograph.
Electric current, a current or stream of electricity
traversing a closed circuit formed of conducting
substances, or passing by means of conductors from one
body to another which is in a different electrical state.
Electric eel, or Electrical eel (Zo["o]l.), a South
American eel-like fresh-water fish of the genus Gymnotus
(G. electricus), from two to five feet in length,
capable of giving a violent electric shock. See
Gymnotus.
Electrical fish (Zo["o]l.), any fish which has an
electrical organ by means of which it can give an
electrical shock. The best known kinds are the torpedo,
the gymnotus, or electrical eel, and the {electric
cat}. See Torpedo, and Gymnotus.
Electric fluid, the supposed matter of electricity;
lightning. [archaic]
Electrical image (Elec.), a collection of electrical points
regarded as forming, by an analogy with optical phenomena,
an image of certain other electrical points, and used in
the solution of electrical problems. --Sir W. Thomson.
Electric machine, or Electrical machine, an apparatus for
generating, collecting, or exciting, electricity, as by
friction.
Electric motor. See Electro-motor, 2.
Electric osmose. (Physics) See under Osmose.
Electric pen, a hand pen for making perforated stencils for
multiplying writings. It has a puncturing needle driven at
great speed by a very small magneto-electric engine on the
penhandle.
Electric railway, a railway in which the machinery for
moving the cars is driven by an electric current.
Electric ray (Zo["o]l.), the torpedo.
Electric telegraph. See Telegraph.
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torpedo
(wn) | torpedo
n 1: a professional killer who uses a gun [syn: gunman,
gunslinger, hired gun, gun, gun for hire,
triggerman, hit man, hitman, torpedo, shooter]
2: a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise
and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and
lettuce and condiments); different names are used in
different sections of the United States [syn: bomber,
grinder, hero, hero sandwich, hoagie, hoagy, {Cuban
sandwich}, Italian sandwich, poor boy, sub,
submarine, submarine sandwich, torpedo, wedge, zep]
3: an explosive device that is set off in an oil well (or a gas
well) to start or to increase the flow of oil (or gas)
4: a small firework that consists of a percussion cap and some
gravel wrapped in paper; explodes when thrown forcefully
against a hard surface
5: a small explosive device that is placed on a railroad track
and fires when a train runs over it; the sound of the
explosion warns the engineer of danger ahead
6: armament consisting of a long cylindrical self-propelled
underwater projectile that detonates on contact with a target
7: any sluggish bottom-dwelling ray of the order Torpediniformes
having a rounded body and electric organs on each side of the
head capable of emitting strong electric discharges [syn:
electric ray, crampfish, numbfish, torpedo]
v 1: attack or hit with torpedoes |
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homing torpedo
(encz) | homing torpedo, n: |
motor torpedo boat
(encz) | motor torpedo boat, n: |
submarine torpedo
(encz) | submarine torpedo, n: |
torpedo
(encz) | torpedo,torpédo n: Petr Prášek |
torpedo boat
(encz) | torpedo boat,torpédový člun Zdeněk Brož |
torpedo tube
(encz) | torpedo tube, n: |
torpedo-boat destroyer
(encz) | torpedo-boat destroyer, n: |
torpedoes
(encz) | torpedoes,torpéda n: Zdeněk Brož |
Fish torpedo
(gcide) | Torpedo \Tor*pe"do\, n.; pl. Torpedoes. [L. torpedo, -inis,
from torpere to be stiff, numb, or torpid. See Torpid.]
[1913 Webster]
1. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of elasmobranch fishes
belonging to Torpedo and allied genera. They are related
to the rays, but have the power of giving electrical
shocks. Called also crampfish, and numbfish. See
Electrical fish, under Electrical.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The common European torpedo (Torpedo vulgaris) and
the American species (Torpedo occidentalis) are the
best known.
[1913 Webster]
2. An engine or machine for destroying ships by blowing them
up; a mine[4]. Specifically:
[1913 Webster +PJC]
(a) A quantity of explosives anchored in a channel,
beneath the water, or set adrift in a current, and so
designed that they will explode when touched or
approached by a vessel, or when an electric circuit is
closed by an operator on shore; now called {marine
mine}. [obsolete]
[1913 Webster +PJC]
Damn the torpedoes -- full speed ahead! --Adm.
David Glasgow
Farragut (At
the battle of
Mobile Bay,
1864).
(b) A kind of small submarine boat carrying an explosive
charge, and projected from a ship against another ship
at a distance, or made self-propelling, and otherwise
automatic in its action against a distant ship.
[1913 Webster]
3. (Mil.) A kind of shell or cartridge buried in earth, to be
exploded by electricity or by stepping on it; now called
land mine. [obsolete]
[1913 Webster +PJC]
4. (Railroad) A kind of detonating cartridge or shell placed
on a rail, and exploded when crushed under the locomotive
wheels, -- used as an alarm signal.
[1913 Webster]
5. An explosive cartridge or shell lowered or dropped into a
bored oil well, and there exploded, to clear the well of
obstructions or to open communication with a source of
supply of oil.
[1913 Webster]
6. A kind of firework in the form of a small ball, or pellet,
which explodes when thrown upon a hard object.
[1913 Webster]
7. An automobile with a torpedo body. [Archaic Cant]
[Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
Fish torpedo, a spindle-shaped, or fish-shaped,
self-propelling submarine torpedo.
Spar torpedo, a canister or other vessel containing an
explosive charge, and attached to the end of a long spar
which projects from a ship or boat and is thrust against
an enemy's ship, exploding the torpedo.
Torpedo boat, a vessel adapted for carrying, launching,
operating, or otherwise making use of, torpedoes against
an enemy's ship., especially, a small, fast boat with
tubes for launching torpedoes.
Torpedo nettings, nettings made of chains or bars, which
can be suspended around a vessel and allowed to sink
beneath the surface of the water, as a protection against
torpedoes.
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Spar torpedo
(gcide) | Spar \Spar\, n. [OE. sparre; akin to D. spar, G. sparren, OHG.
sparro, Dan. & Sw. sparre, Icel. sparri; of uncertain origin.
[root]171. Cf. Spar, v. t. ]
1. (Naut.) A general term any round piece of timber used as a
mast, yard, boom, or gaff.
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2. (Arch.) Formerly, a piece of timber, in a general sense;
-- still applied locally to rafters.
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3. The bar of a gate or door. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Spar buoy (Naut.), a buoy anchored by one end so that the
other end rises above the surface of the water.
Spar deck (Naut.), the upper deck of a vessel; especially,
in a frigate, the deck which is continued in a straight
line from the quarter-deck to the forecastle, and on which
spare spars are usually placed. See under Deck.
Spar torpedo (Naut.), a torpedo carried on the end of a
spar usually projecting from the bow of a vessel, and
intended to explode upon contact with an enemy's ships.
[1913 Webster]Torpedo \Tor*pe"do\, n.; pl. Torpedoes. [L. torpedo, -inis,
from torpere to be stiff, numb, or torpid. See Torpid.]
[1913 Webster]
1. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of elasmobranch fishes
belonging to Torpedo and allied genera. They are related
to the rays, but have the power of giving electrical
shocks. Called also crampfish, and numbfish. See
Electrical fish, under Electrical.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The common European torpedo (Torpedo vulgaris) and
the American species (Torpedo occidentalis) are the
best known.
[1913 Webster]
2. An engine or machine for destroying ships by blowing them
up; a mine[4]. Specifically:
[1913 Webster +PJC]
(a) A quantity of explosives anchored in a channel,
beneath the water, or set adrift in a current, and so
designed that they will explode when touched or
approached by a vessel, or when an electric circuit is
closed by an operator on shore; now called {marine
mine}. [obsolete]
[1913 Webster +PJC]
Damn the torpedoes -- full speed ahead! --Adm.
David Glasgow
Farragut (At
the battle of
Mobile Bay,
1864).
(b) A kind of small submarine boat carrying an explosive
charge, and projected from a ship against another ship
at a distance, or made self-propelling, and otherwise
automatic in its action against a distant ship.
[1913 Webster]
3. (Mil.) A kind of shell or cartridge buried in earth, to be
exploded by electricity or by stepping on it; now called
land mine. [obsolete]
[1913 Webster +PJC]
4. (Railroad) A kind of detonating cartridge or shell placed
on a rail, and exploded when crushed under the locomotive
wheels, -- used as an alarm signal.
[1913 Webster]
5. An explosive cartridge or shell lowered or dropped into a
bored oil well, and there exploded, to clear the well of
obstructions or to open communication with a source of
supply of oil.
[1913 Webster]
6. A kind of firework in the form of a small ball, or pellet,
which explodes when thrown upon a hard object.
[1913 Webster]
7. An automobile with a torpedo body. [Archaic Cant]
[Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
Fish torpedo, a spindle-shaped, or fish-shaped,
self-propelling submarine torpedo.
Spar torpedo, a canister or other vessel containing an
explosive charge, and attached to the end of a long spar
which projects from a ship or boat and is thrust against
an enemy's ship, exploding the torpedo.
Torpedo boat, a vessel adapted for carrying, launching,
operating, or otherwise making use of, torpedoes against
an enemy's ship., especially, a small, fast boat with
tubes for launching torpedoes.
Torpedo nettings, nettings made of chains or bars, which
can be suspended around a vessel and allowed to sink
beneath the surface of the water, as a protection against
torpedoes.
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torpedo
(gcide) | marine mine \ma*rine" mine`\, n. (Mil.)
A military explosive device designed to be placed on or under
the surface of a body of water, and to explode when ships
pass nearby or come in contact with it. Its function is to
destroy enemy ships or deny hostile naval forces access to
certain areas of the sea, usually near the shoreline. Also
called underwater mine and floating mine, and previously
referred to as a torpedo (See torpedo[2]
(a) ).
[PJC]Mine \Mine\, n. [F., fr. LL. mina. See Mine, v. i.]
[1913 Webster]
1. A subterranean cavity or passage; especially:
(a) A pit or excavation in the earth, from which metallic
ores, precious stones, coal, or other mineral
substances are taken by digging; -- distinguished from
the pits from which stones for architectural purposes
are taken, and which are called quarries.
(b) (Mil.) A cavity or tunnel made under a fortification
or other work, for the purpose of blowing up the
superstructure with some explosive agent.
[1913 Webster]
2. Any place where ore, metals, or precious stones are got by
digging or washing the soil; as, a placer mine.
[1913 Webster]
3. (Fig.): A rich source of wealth or other good. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
4. (Mil.) An explosive device placed concealed in a location,
on land or at sea, where an enemy vehicle or enemy
personnel may pass through, having a triggering mechanism
which detects people or vehicles, and which will explode
and kill or maim personnel or destroy or damage vehicles.
A mine placed at sea (formerly called a torpedo, see
torpedo[2]
(a) ) is also called an marine mine and underwater mine
and sometimes called a floating mine, even though it
may be anchored to the floor of the sea and not
actually float freely. A mine placed on land (formerly
called a torpedo, see torpedo[3]), usually buried,
is called a land mine.
[PJC]
Mine dial, a form of magnetic compass used by miners.
Mine pig, pig iron made wholly from ore; in distinction
from cinder pig, which is made from ore mixed with forge
or mill cinder.
gold mine
(a) a mine where gold is obtained.
(b) (Fig.) a rich source of wealth or other good; same as
Mine 3. --Raymond.
[1913 Webster]Torpedo \Tor*pe"do\, n.; pl. Torpedoes. [L. torpedo, -inis,
from torpere to be stiff, numb, or torpid. See Torpid.]
[1913 Webster]
1. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of elasmobranch fishes
belonging to Torpedo and allied genera. They are related
to the rays, but have the power of giving electrical
shocks. Called also crampfish, and numbfish. See
Electrical fish, under Electrical.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The common European torpedo (Torpedo vulgaris) and
the American species (Torpedo occidentalis) are the
best known.
[1913 Webster]
2. An engine or machine for destroying ships by blowing them
up; a mine[4]. Specifically:
[1913 Webster +PJC]
(a) A quantity of explosives anchored in a channel,
beneath the water, or set adrift in a current, and so
designed that they will explode when touched or
approached by a vessel, or when an electric circuit is
closed by an operator on shore; now called {marine
mine}. [obsolete]
[1913 Webster +PJC]
Damn the torpedoes -- full speed ahead! --Adm.
David Glasgow
Farragut (At
the battle of
Mobile Bay,
1864).
(b) A kind of small submarine boat carrying an explosive
charge, and projected from a ship against another ship
at a distance, or made self-propelling, and otherwise
automatic in its action against a distant ship.
[1913 Webster]
3. (Mil.) A kind of shell or cartridge buried in earth, to be
exploded by electricity or by stepping on it; now called
land mine. [obsolete]
[1913 Webster +PJC]
4. (Railroad) A kind of detonating cartridge or shell placed
on a rail, and exploded when crushed under the locomotive
wheels, -- used as an alarm signal.
[1913 Webster]
5. An explosive cartridge or shell lowered or dropped into a
bored oil well, and there exploded, to clear the well of
obstructions or to open communication with a source of
supply of oil.
[1913 Webster]
6. A kind of firework in the form of a small ball, or pellet,
which explodes when thrown upon a hard object.
[1913 Webster]
7. An automobile with a torpedo body. [Archaic Cant]
[Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
Fish torpedo, a spindle-shaped, or fish-shaped,
self-propelling submarine torpedo.
Spar torpedo, a canister or other vessel containing an
explosive charge, and attached to the end of a long spar
which projects from a ship or boat and is thrust against
an enemy's ship, exploding the torpedo.
Torpedo boat, a vessel adapted for carrying, launching,
operating, or otherwise making use of, torpedoes against
an enemy's ship., especially, a small, fast boat with
tubes for launching torpedoes.
Torpedo nettings, nettings made of chains or bars, which
can be suspended around a vessel and allowed to sink
beneath the surface of the water, as a protection against
torpedoes.
[1913 Webster]Torpedo \Tor*pe"do\, v. t.
1. to destroy by, or subject to the action of, a torpedo.
--London Spectator.
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2. [Fig.] To destroy, cause to halt, or prevent from being
accomplished; -- used esp. with reference to a plan or an
enterprise, halted by some action before the plan is put
into execution.
[PJC]hit man \hit man\ n.
1. A professional murderer, esp. one working for a criminal
organization; also called torpedo. [Colloq.]
[PJC]
2. A slanderer working for political purposes to damage the
reputation of an opponent; a hatchet man.
[PJC]Electric \E*lec"tric\ ([-e]*l[e^]k"tr[i^]k), Electrical
\E*lec"tric*al\ ([-e]*l[e^]k"tr[i^]*kal), a. [L. electrum amber,
a mixed metal, Gr. 'h`lektron; akin to 'hle`ktwr the beaming
sun, cf. Skr. arc to beam, shine: cf. F. ['e]lectrique. The
name came from the production of electricity by the friction
of amber.]
1. Pertaining to electricity; consisting of, containing,
derived from, or produced by, electricity; as, electric
power or virtue; an electric jar; electric effects; an
electric spark; an electric charge; an electric current;
an electrical engineer.
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2. Capable of occasioning the phenomena of electricity; as,
an electric or electrical machine or substance; an
electric generator.
[1913 Webster]
3. Electrifying; thrilling; magnetic. "Electric Pindar."
--Mrs. Browning.
[1913 Webster]
4. powered by electricity; as, electrical appliances; an
electric toothbrush; an electric automobile.
[WordNet 1.5]
Electric atmosphere, or Electric aura. See under Aura.
Electrical battery. See Battery.
Electrical brush. See under Brush.
Electric cable. See Telegraph cable, under Telegraph.
Electric candle. See under Candle.
Electric cat (Zo["o]l.), one of three or more large species
of African catfish of the genus Malapterurus (esp. {M.
electricus} of the Nile). They have a large electrical
organ and are able to give powerful shocks; -- called also
sheathfish.
Electric clock. See under Clock, and see
Electro-chronograph.
Electric current, a current or stream of electricity
traversing a closed circuit formed of conducting
substances, or passing by means of conductors from one
body to another which is in a different electrical state.
Electric eel, or Electrical eel (Zo["o]l.), a South
American eel-like fresh-water fish of the genus Gymnotus
(G. electricus), from two to five feet in length,
capable of giving a violent electric shock. See
Gymnotus.
Electrical fish (Zo["o]l.), any fish which has an
electrical organ by means of which it can give an
electrical shock. The best known kinds are the torpedo,
the gymnotus, or electrical eel, and the {electric
cat}. See Torpedo, and Gymnotus.
Electric fluid, the supposed matter of electricity;
lightning. [archaic]
Electrical image (Elec.), a collection of electrical points
regarded as forming, by an analogy with optical phenomena,
an image of certain other electrical points, and used in
the solution of electrical problems. --Sir W. Thomson.
Electric machine, or Electrical machine, an apparatus for
generating, collecting, or exciting, electricity, as by
friction.
Electric motor. See Electro-motor, 2.
Electric osmose. (Physics) See under Osmose.
Electric pen, a hand pen for making perforated stencils for
multiplying writings. It has a puncturing needle driven at
great speed by a very small magneto-electric engine on the
penhandle.
Electric railway, a railway in which the machinery for
moving the cars is driven by an electric current.
Electric ray (Zo["o]l.), the torpedo.
Electric telegraph. See Telegraph.
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torpedo
(gcide) | marine mine \ma*rine" mine`\, n. (Mil.)
A military explosive device designed to be placed on or under
the surface of a body of water, and to explode when ships
pass nearby or come in contact with it. Its function is to
destroy enemy ships or deny hostile naval forces access to
certain areas of the sea, usually near the shoreline. Also
called underwater mine and floating mine, and previously
referred to as a torpedo (See torpedo[2]
(a) ).
[PJC]Mine \Mine\, n. [F., fr. LL. mina. See Mine, v. i.]
[1913 Webster]
1. A subterranean cavity or passage; especially:
(a) A pit or excavation in the earth, from which metallic
ores, precious stones, coal, or other mineral
substances are taken by digging; -- distinguished from
the pits from which stones for architectural purposes
are taken, and which are called quarries.
(b) (Mil.) A cavity or tunnel made under a fortification
or other work, for the purpose of blowing up the
superstructure with some explosive agent.
[1913 Webster]
2. Any place where ore, metals, or precious stones are got by
digging or washing the soil; as, a placer mine.
[1913 Webster]
3. (Fig.): A rich source of wealth or other good. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
4. (Mil.) An explosive device placed concealed in a location,
on land or at sea, where an enemy vehicle or enemy
personnel may pass through, having a triggering mechanism
which detects people or vehicles, and which will explode
and kill or maim personnel or destroy or damage vehicles.
A mine placed at sea (formerly called a torpedo, see
torpedo[2]
(a) ) is also called an marine mine and underwater mine
and sometimes called a floating mine, even though it
may be anchored to the floor of the sea and not
actually float freely. A mine placed on land (formerly
called a torpedo, see torpedo[3]), usually buried,
is called a land mine.
[PJC]
Mine dial, a form of magnetic compass used by miners.
Mine pig, pig iron made wholly from ore; in distinction
from cinder pig, which is made from ore mixed with forge
or mill cinder.
gold mine
(a) a mine where gold is obtained.
(b) (Fig.) a rich source of wealth or other good; same as
Mine 3. --Raymond.
[1913 Webster]Torpedo \Tor*pe"do\, n.; pl. Torpedoes. [L. torpedo, -inis,
from torpere to be stiff, numb, or torpid. See Torpid.]
[1913 Webster]
1. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of elasmobranch fishes
belonging to Torpedo and allied genera. They are related
to the rays, but have the power of giving electrical
shocks. Called also crampfish, and numbfish. See
Electrical fish, under Electrical.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The common European torpedo (Torpedo vulgaris) and
the American species (Torpedo occidentalis) are the
best known.
[1913 Webster]
2. An engine or machine for destroying ships by blowing them
up; a mine[4]. Specifically:
[1913 Webster +PJC]
(a) A quantity of explosives anchored in a channel,
beneath the water, or set adrift in a current, and so
designed that they will explode when touched or
approached by a vessel, or when an electric circuit is
closed by an operator on shore; now called {marine
mine}. [obsolete]
[1913 Webster +PJC]
Damn the torpedoes -- full speed ahead! --Adm.
David Glasgow
Farragut (At
the battle of
Mobile Bay,
1864).
(b) A kind of small submarine boat carrying an explosive
charge, and projected from a ship against another ship
at a distance, or made self-propelling, and otherwise
automatic in its action against a distant ship.
[1913 Webster]
3. (Mil.) A kind of shell or cartridge buried in earth, to be
exploded by electricity or by stepping on it; now called
land mine. [obsolete]
[1913 Webster +PJC]
4. (Railroad) A kind of detonating cartridge or shell placed
on a rail, and exploded when crushed under the locomotive
wheels, -- used as an alarm signal.
[1913 Webster]
5. An explosive cartridge or shell lowered or dropped into a
bored oil well, and there exploded, to clear the well of
obstructions or to open communication with a source of
supply of oil.
[1913 Webster]
6. A kind of firework in the form of a small ball, or pellet,
which explodes when thrown upon a hard object.
[1913 Webster]
7. An automobile with a torpedo body. [Archaic Cant]
[Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
Fish torpedo, a spindle-shaped, or fish-shaped,
self-propelling submarine torpedo.
Spar torpedo, a canister or other vessel containing an
explosive charge, and attached to the end of a long spar
which projects from a ship or boat and is thrust against
an enemy's ship, exploding the torpedo.
Torpedo boat, a vessel adapted for carrying, launching,
operating, or otherwise making use of, torpedoes against
an enemy's ship., especially, a small, fast boat with
tubes for launching torpedoes.
Torpedo nettings, nettings made of chains or bars, which
can be suspended around a vessel and allowed to sink
beneath the surface of the water, as a protection against
torpedoes.
[1913 Webster]Torpedo \Tor*pe"do\, v. t.
1. to destroy by, or subject to the action of, a torpedo.
--London Spectator.
[1913 Webster]
2. [Fig.] To destroy, cause to halt, or prevent from being
accomplished; -- used esp. with reference to a plan or an
enterprise, halted by some action before the plan is put
into execution.
[PJC]hit man \hit man\ n.
1. A professional murderer, esp. one working for a criminal
organization; also called torpedo. [Colloq.]
[PJC]
2. A slanderer working for political purposes to damage the
reputation of an opponent; a hatchet man.
[PJC]Electric \E*lec"tric\ ([-e]*l[e^]k"tr[i^]k), Electrical
\E*lec"tric*al\ ([-e]*l[e^]k"tr[i^]*kal), a. [L. electrum amber,
a mixed metal, Gr. 'h`lektron; akin to 'hle`ktwr the beaming
sun, cf. Skr. arc to beam, shine: cf. F. ['e]lectrique. The
name came from the production of electricity by the friction
of amber.]
1. Pertaining to electricity; consisting of, containing,
derived from, or produced by, electricity; as, electric
power or virtue; an electric jar; electric effects; an
electric spark; an electric charge; an electric current;
an electrical engineer.
[1913 Webster]
2. Capable of occasioning the phenomena of electricity; as,
an electric or electrical machine or substance; an
electric generator.
[1913 Webster]
3. Electrifying; thrilling; magnetic. "Electric Pindar."
--Mrs. Browning.
[1913 Webster]
4. powered by electricity; as, electrical appliances; an
electric toothbrush; an electric automobile.
[WordNet 1.5]
Electric atmosphere, or Electric aura. See under Aura.
Electrical battery. See Battery.
Electrical brush. See under Brush.
Electric cable. See Telegraph cable, under Telegraph.
Electric candle. See under Candle.
Electric cat (Zo["o]l.), one of three or more large species
of African catfish of the genus Malapterurus (esp. {M.
electricus} of the Nile). They have a large electrical
organ and are able to give powerful shocks; -- called also
sheathfish.
Electric clock. See under Clock, and see
Electro-chronograph.
Electric current, a current or stream of electricity
traversing a closed circuit formed of conducting
substances, or passing by means of conductors from one
body to another which is in a different electrical state.
Electric eel, or Electrical eel (Zo["o]l.), a South
American eel-like fresh-water fish of the genus Gymnotus
(G. electricus), from two to five feet in length,
capable of giving a violent electric shock. See
Gymnotus.
Electrical fish (Zo["o]l.), any fish which has an
electrical organ by means of which it can give an
electrical shock. The best known kinds are the torpedo,
the gymnotus, or electrical eel, and the {electric
cat}. See Torpedo, and Gymnotus.
Electric fluid, the supposed matter of electricity;
lightning. [archaic]
Electrical image (Elec.), a collection of electrical points
regarded as forming, by an analogy with optical phenomena,
an image of certain other electrical points, and used in
the solution of electrical problems. --Sir W. Thomson.
Electric machine, or Electrical machine, an apparatus for
generating, collecting, or exciting, electricity, as by
friction.
Electric motor. See Electro-motor, 2.
Electric osmose. (Physics) See under Osmose.
Electric pen, a hand pen for making perforated stencils for
multiplying writings. It has a puncturing needle driven at
great speed by a very small magneto-electric engine on the
penhandle.
Electric railway, a railway in which the machinery for
moving the cars is driven by an electric current.
Electric ray (Zo["o]l.), the torpedo.
Electric telegraph. See Telegraph.
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Torpedo boat
(gcide) | Torpedo \Tor*pe"do\, n.; pl. Torpedoes. [L. torpedo, -inis,
from torpere to be stiff, numb, or torpid. See Torpid.]
[1913 Webster]
1. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of elasmobranch fishes
belonging to Torpedo and allied genera. They are related
to the rays, but have the power of giving electrical
shocks. Called also crampfish, and numbfish. See
Electrical fish, under Electrical.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The common European torpedo (Torpedo vulgaris) and
the American species (Torpedo occidentalis) are the
best known.
[1913 Webster]
2. An engine or machine for destroying ships by blowing them
up; a mine[4]. Specifically:
[1913 Webster +PJC]
(a) A quantity of explosives anchored in a channel,
beneath the water, or set adrift in a current, and so
designed that they will explode when touched or
approached by a vessel, or when an electric circuit is
closed by an operator on shore; now called {marine
mine}. [obsolete]
[1913 Webster +PJC]
Damn the torpedoes -- full speed ahead! --Adm.
David Glasgow
Farragut (At
the battle of
Mobile Bay,
1864).
(b) A kind of small submarine boat carrying an explosive
charge, and projected from a ship against another ship
at a distance, or made self-propelling, and otherwise
automatic in its action against a distant ship.
[1913 Webster]
3. (Mil.) A kind of shell or cartridge buried in earth, to be
exploded by electricity or by stepping on it; now called
land mine. [obsolete]
[1913 Webster +PJC]
4. (Railroad) A kind of detonating cartridge or shell placed
on a rail, and exploded when crushed under the locomotive
wheels, -- used as an alarm signal.
[1913 Webster]
5. An explosive cartridge or shell lowered or dropped into a
bored oil well, and there exploded, to clear the well of
obstructions or to open communication with a source of
supply of oil.
[1913 Webster]
6. A kind of firework in the form of a small ball, or pellet,
which explodes when thrown upon a hard object.
[1913 Webster]
7. An automobile with a torpedo body. [Archaic Cant]
[Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
Fish torpedo, a spindle-shaped, or fish-shaped,
self-propelling submarine torpedo.
Spar torpedo, a canister or other vessel containing an
explosive charge, and attached to the end of a long spar
which projects from a ship or boat and is thrust against
an enemy's ship, exploding the torpedo.
Torpedo boat, a vessel adapted for carrying, launching,
operating, or otherwise making use of, torpedoes against
an enemy's ship., especially, a small, fast boat with
tubes for launching torpedoes.
Torpedo nettings, nettings made of chains or bars, which
can be suspended around a vessel and allowed to sink
beneath the surface of the water, as a protection against
torpedoes.
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Torpedo body
(gcide) | Torpedo body \Tor*pe"do body\
An automobile body which is built so that the side surfaces
are flush. [Cant]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
Torpedo boom
(gcide) | Torpedo boom \Tor*pe"do boom\
A spar formerly carried by men-of-war, having a torpedo on
its end.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
Torpedo catcher
(gcide) | Torpedo catcher \Tor*pe"do catch"er\
A small fast vessel for pursuing and destroying torpedo
boats.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
Torpedo nettings
(gcide) | Torpedo \Tor*pe"do\, n.; pl. Torpedoes. [L. torpedo, -inis,
from torpere to be stiff, numb, or torpid. See Torpid.]
[1913 Webster]
1. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of elasmobranch fishes
belonging to Torpedo and allied genera. They are related
to the rays, but have the power of giving electrical
shocks. Called also crampfish, and numbfish. See
Electrical fish, under Electrical.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The common European torpedo (Torpedo vulgaris) and
the American species (Torpedo occidentalis) are the
best known.
[1913 Webster]
2. An engine or machine for destroying ships by blowing them
up; a mine[4]. Specifically:
[1913 Webster +PJC]
(a) A quantity of explosives anchored in a channel,
beneath the water, or set adrift in a current, and so
designed that they will explode when touched or
approached by a vessel, or when an electric circuit is
closed by an operator on shore; now called {marine
mine}. [obsolete]
[1913 Webster +PJC]
Damn the torpedoes -- full speed ahead! --Adm.
David Glasgow
Farragut (At
the battle of
Mobile Bay,
1864).
(b) A kind of small submarine boat carrying an explosive
charge, and projected from a ship against another ship
at a distance, or made self-propelling, and otherwise
automatic in its action against a distant ship.
[1913 Webster]
3. (Mil.) A kind of shell or cartridge buried in earth, to be
exploded by electricity or by stepping on it; now called
land mine. [obsolete]
[1913 Webster +PJC]
4. (Railroad) A kind of detonating cartridge or shell placed
on a rail, and exploded when crushed under the locomotive
wheels, -- used as an alarm signal.
[1913 Webster]
5. An explosive cartridge or shell lowered or dropped into a
bored oil well, and there exploded, to clear the well of
obstructions or to open communication with a source of
supply of oil.
[1913 Webster]
6. A kind of firework in the form of a small ball, or pellet,
which explodes when thrown upon a hard object.
[1913 Webster]
7. An automobile with a torpedo body. [Archaic Cant]
[Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
Fish torpedo, a spindle-shaped, or fish-shaped,
self-propelling submarine torpedo.
Spar torpedo, a canister or other vessel containing an
explosive charge, and attached to the end of a long spar
which projects from a ship or boat and is thrust against
an enemy's ship, exploding the torpedo.
Torpedo boat, a vessel adapted for carrying, launching,
operating, or otherwise making use of, torpedoes against
an enemy's ship., especially, a small, fast boat with
tubes for launching torpedoes.
Torpedo nettings, nettings made of chains or bars, which
can be suspended around a vessel and allowed to sink
beneath the surface of the water, as a protection against
torpedoes.
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Torpedo occidentalis
(gcide) | Torpedo \Tor*pe"do\, n.; pl. Torpedoes. [L. torpedo, -inis,
from torpere to be stiff, numb, or torpid. See Torpid.]
[1913 Webster]
1. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of elasmobranch fishes
belonging to Torpedo and allied genera. They are related
to the rays, but have the power of giving electrical
shocks. Called also crampfish, and numbfish. See
Electrical fish, under Electrical.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The common European torpedo (Torpedo vulgaris) and
the American species (Torpedo occidentalis) are the
best known.
[1913 Webster]
2. An engine or machine for destroying ships by blowing them
up; a mine[4]. Specifically:
[1913 Webster +PJC]
(a) A quantity of explosives anchored in a channel,
beneath the water, or set adrift in a current, and so
designed that they will explode when touched or
approached by a vessel, or when an electric circuit is
closed by an operator on shore; now called {marine
mine}. [obsolete]
[1913 Webster +PJC]
Damn the torpedoes -- full speed ahead! --Adm.
David Glasgow
Farragut (At
the battle of
Mobile Bay,
1864).
(b) A kind of small submarine boat carrying an explosive
charge, and projected from a ship against another ship
at a distance, or made self-propelling, and otherwise
automatic in its action against a distant ship.
[1913 Webster]
3. (Mil.) A kind of shell or cartridge buried in earth, to be
exploded by electricity or by stepping on it; now called
land mine. [obsolete]
[1913 Webster +PJC]
4. (Railroad) A kind of detonating cartridge or shell placed
on a rail, and exploded when crushed under the locomotive
wheels, -- used as an alarm signal.
[1913 Webster]
5. An explosive cartridge or shell lowered or dropped into a
bored oil well, and there exploded, to clear the well of
obstructions or to open communication with a source of
supply of oil.
[1913 Webster]
6. A kind of firework in the form of a small ball, or pellet,
which explodes when thrown upon a hard object.
[1913 Webster]
7. An automobile with a torpedo body. [Archaic Cant]
[Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
Fish torpedo, a spindle-shaped, or fish-shaped,
self-propelling submarine torpedo.
Spar torpedo, a canister or other vessel containing an
explosive charge, and attached to the end of a long spar
which projects from a ship or boat and is thrust against
an enemy's ship, exploding the torpedo.
Torpedo boat, a vessel adapted for carrying, launching,
operating, or otherwise making use of, torpedoes against
an enemy's ship., especially, a small, fast boat with
tubes for launching torpedoes.
Torpedo nettings, nettings made of chains or bars, which
can be suspended around a vessel and allowed to sink
beneath the surface of the water, as a protection against
torpedoes.
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Torpedo shell
(gcide) | Torpedo shell \Torpedo shell\ (Ordnance)
A shell longer than a deck-piercing shell, with thinner walls
and a larger cavity for the bursting charge, which consists
of about 130 pounds of high explosive. It has no soft cap,
and is intended to effect its damage by the powerful
explosion which follows on slight resistance. It is used
chiefly in 12-inch mortars.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
Torpedo station
(gcide) | Torpedo station \Torpedo station\
A headquarters for torpedo vessels and their supplies,
usually having facilities for repairs and for instruction and
experiments. The principal torpedo station of the United
States is at Newport, R.I.
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Torpedo stern
(gcide) | Torpedo stern \Torpedo stern\
A broad stern without overhang, flattened on the bottom, used
in some torpedo and fast power boats. It prevents settling in
the water at high speed.
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Torpedo tube
(gcide) | Torpedo tube \Torpedo tube\ (Nav.)
A tube fixed below or near the water line through which a
torpedo is fired, usually by a small charge of gunpowder. On
torpedo vessels the tubes are on deck and usually in
broadside, on larger vessels usually submerged in broadside
and fitted with a movable shield which is pushed out from the
vessel's side to protect the torpedo until clear, but
formerly sometimes in the bow. In submarine torpedo boats
they are in the bow.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
Torpedo vulgaris
(gcide) | Torpedo \Tor*pe"do\, n.; pl. Torpedoes. [L. torpedo, -inis,
from torpere to be stiff, numb, or torpid. See Torpid.]
[1913 Webster]
1. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of elasmobranch fishes
belonging to Torpedo and allied genera. They are related
to the rays, but have the power of giving electrical
shocks. Called also crampfish, and numbfish. See
Electrical fish, under Electrical.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The common European torpedo (Torpedo vulgaris) and
the American species (Torpedo occidentalis) are the
best known.
[1913 Webster]
2. An engine or machine for destroying ships by blowing them
up; a mine[4]. Specifically:
[1913 Webster +PJC]
(a) A quantity of explosives anchored in a channel,
beneath the water, or set adrift in a current, and so
designed that they will explode when touched or
approached by a vessel, or when an electric circuit is
closed by an operator on shore; now called {marine
mine}. [obsolete]
[1913 Webster +PJC]
Damn the torpedoes -- full speed ahead! --Adm.
David Glasgow
Farragut (At
the battle of
Mobile Bay,
1864).
(b) A kind of small submarine boat carrying an explosive
charge, and projected from a ship against another ship
at a distance, or made self-propelling, and otherwise
automatic in its action against a distant ship.
[1913 Webster]
3. (Mil.) A kind of shell or cartridge buried in earth, to be
exploded by electricity or by stepping on it; now called
land mine. [obsolete]
[1913 Webster +PJC]
4. (Railroad) A kind of detonating cartridge or shell placed
on a rail, and exploded when crushed under the locomotive
wheels, -- used as an alarm signal.
[1913 Webster]
5. An explosive cartridge or shell lowered or dropped into a
bored oil well, and there exploded, to clear the well of
obstructions or to open communication with a source of
supply of oil.
[1913 Webster]
6. A kind of firework in the form of a small ball, or pellet,
which explodes when thrown upon a hard object.
[1913 Webster]
7. An automobile with a torpedo body. [Archaic Cant]
[Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
Fish torpedo, a spindle-shaped, or fish-shaped,
self-propelling submarine torpedo.
Spar torpedo, a canister or other vessel containing an
explosive charge, and attached to the end of a long spar
which projects from a ship or boat and is thrust against
an enemy's ship, exploding the torpedo.
Torpedo boat, a vessel adapted for carrying, launching,
operating, or otherwise making use of, torpedoes against
an enemy's ship., especially, a small, fast boat with
tubes for launching torpedoes.
Torpedo nettings, nettings made of chains or bars, which
can be suspended around a vessel and allowed to sink
beneath the surface of the water, as a protection against
torpedoes.
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Torpedo-boat destroyer
(gcide) | Torpedo-boat destroyer \Tor*pe"do-boat` de*stroy"er\
A larger, swifter, and more powerful armed type of torpedo
boat, originally intended principally for the destruction of
torpedo boats, but later used also as a more formidable
torpedo boat.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
Torpedoes
(gcide) | Torpedo \Tor*pe"do\, n.; pl. Torpedoes. [L. torpedo, -inis,
from torpere to be stiff, numb, or torpid. See Torpid.]
[1913 Webster]
1. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of elasmobranch fishes
belonging to Torpedo and allied genera. They are related
to the rays, but have the power of giving electrical
shocks. Called also crampfish, and numbfish. See
Electrical fish, under Electrical.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The common European torpedo (Torpedo vulgaris) and
the American species (Torpedo occidentalis) are the
best known.
[1913 Webster]
2. An engine or machine for destroying ships by blowing them
up; a mine[4]. Specifically:
[1913 Webster +PJC]
(a) A quantity of explosives anchored in a channel,
beneath the water, or set adrift in a current, and so
designed that they will explode when touched or
approached by a vessel, or when an electric circuit is
closed by an operator on shore; now called {marine
mine}. [obsolete]
[1913 Webster +PJC]
Damn the torpedoes -- full speed ahead! --Adm.
David Glasgow
Farragut (At
the battle of
Mobile Bay,
1864).
(b) A kind of small submarine boat carrying an explosive
charge, and projected from a ship against another ship
at a distance, or made self-propelling, and otherwise
automatic in its action against a distant ship.
[1913 Webster]
3. (Mil.) A kind of shell or cartridge buried in earth, to be
exploded by electricity or by stepping on it; now called
land mine. [obsolete]
[1913 Webster +PJC]
4. (Railroad) A kind of detonating cartridge or shell placed
on a rail, and exploded when crushed under the locomotive
wheels, -- used as an alarm signal.
[1913 Webster]
5. An explosive cartridge or shell lowered or dropped into a
bored oil well, and there exploded, to clear the well of
obstructions or to open communication with a source of
supply of oil.
[1913 Webster]
6. A kind of firework in the form of a small ball, or pellet,
which explodes when thrown upon a hard object.
[1913 Webster]
7. An automobile with a torpedo body. [Archaic Cant]
[Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
Fish torpedo, a spindle-shaped, or fish-shaped,
self-propelling submarine torpedo.
Spar torpedo, a canister or other vessel containing an
explosive charge, and attached to the end of a long spar
which projects from a ship or boat and is thrust against
an enemy's ship, exploding the torpedo.
Torpedo boat, a vessel adapted for carrying, launching,
operating, or otherwise making use of, torpedoes against
an enemy's ship., especially, a small, fast boat with
tubes for launching torpedoes.
Torpedo nettings, nettings made of chains or bars, which
can be suspended around a vessel and allowed to sink
beneath the surface of the water, as a protection against
torpedoes.
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Torpedoist
(gcide) | Torpedoist \Tor*pe"do*ist\, n. (Nav.)
One skilled in the theory or use of torpedoes; also, one who
favors the use of torpedoes.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
Whitehead torpedo
(gcide) | Whitehead torpedo \White"head` tor*pe"do\, or Whitehead
\White"head`\, n.
A form of self-propelling torpedo.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
aerial torpedo
(wn) | aerial torpedo
n 1: a torpedo designed to be launched from an airplane |
bangalore torpedo
(wn) | bangalore torpedo
n 1: a metal pipe filled with explosive, used to detonate land
mines or to clear a path through barbed wire |
homing torpedo
(wn) | homing torpedo
n 1: a torpedo that is guided to its target (as by the sound of
a ship's engines) |
motor torpedo boat
(wn) | motor torpedo boat
n 1: a small fast unarmored and lightly armed torpedo boat;
P(atrol) T(orpedo) boat [syn: PT boat, mosquito boat,
mosquito craft, motor torpedo boat] |
submarine torpedo
(wn) | submarine torpedo
n 1: a torpedo designed to be launched from a submarine |
torpedo
(wn) | torpedo
n 1: a professional killer who uses a gun [syn: gunman,
gunslinger, hired gun, gun, gun for hire,
triggerman, hit man, hitman, torpedo, shooter]
2: a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise
and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and
lettuce and condiments); different names are used in
different sections of the United States [syn: bomber,
grinder, hero, hero sandwich, hoagie, hoagy, {Cuban
sandwich}, Italian sandwich, poor boy, sub,
submarine, submarine sandwich, torpedo, wedge, zep]
3: an explosive device that is set off in an oil well (or a gas
well) to start or to increase the flow of oil (or gas)
4: a small firework that consists of a percussion cap and some
gravel wrapped in paper; explodes when thrown forcefully
against a hard surface
5: a small explosive device that is placed on a railroad track
and fires when a train runs over it; the sound of the
explosion warns the engineer of danger ahead
6: armament consisting of a long cylindrical self-propelled
underwater projectile that detonates on contact with a target
7: any sluggish bottom-dwelling ray of the order Torpediniformes
having a rounded body and electric organs on each side of the
head capable of emitting strong electric discharges [syn:
electric ray, crampfish, numbfish, torpedo]
v 1: attack or hit with torpedoes |
torpedo boat
(wn) | torpedo boat
n 1: small high-speed warship designed for torpedo attacks in
coastal waters |
torpedo tube
(wn) | torpedo tube
n 1: a tube near the waterline of a vessel through which a
torpedo is fired |
torpedo-boat destroyer
(wn) | torpedo-boat destroyer
n 1: small destroyer that was the forerunner of modern
destroyers; designed to destroy torpedo boats |
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