Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
firearm .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The forces of Kumbhakarna are reduced to ashes with a fire-weapon by Rama.
Tales from the Hindu Dramatists R. N. Dutta
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"And those whom I have already taught in the use of the fire-weapon, they are strong in it, and reliable?"
The Sign of the Spider Bertram Mitford 1884
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Further, they might hear the sound of the fire-weapon, and know where to find us.
The Sign of the Spider Bertram Mitford 1884
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Such often happens with an onset of Indians -- on whom the dread of the fire-weapon acts with a mysterious effect.
The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness Mayne Reid 1850
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The lance and fire-weapon are in his hands; the spirit-thunder no longer appals him: he knows its origin and nature, and uses it in the accomplishment of a terrible retaliation!
The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness Mayne Reid 1850
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It was of importance that they should continue to believe in the infallibility of the fire-weapon.
The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness Mayne Reid 1850
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Their clumsy manege of the fire-weapon was evident enough.
The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness Mayne Reid 1850
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If the pale-faced chief and his three followers will consent to dwell with the band of Red-Hand, and teach his warriors the great medicine of the fire-weapon, their lives shall be spared.
The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness Mayne Reid 1850
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( "fire-weapon"), Agni-bán ( "fire-arrow") and Shatagni ( "hundred - killer"), like the Roman Phalarica, and the Greek fire of
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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"And as a reward, I ask of the fat white boy with the glass eyes his fire-weapon which assuredly contains a great fetish and of the red-headed one some of his hair for a fetish also.
The Boy Aviators in Africa John Henry Goldfrap 1898
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