Artillery. Leaving the perplexed question of the derivation of this word,[3] it will be sufficient to observe, that while it is now only applied to the heavy ordnance of modern warfare, in earlier use any engines for the projecting of missiles, even to the bow and arrows, would have been included under this term.
The Parthians, having all their hope in artillery, overcame the Romans ofter than the Romans them.—Ascham, Toxophilus, p. 106 (ed. 1761).
So the Philistines, the better to keep the Jews thrall and in subjection, utterly bereaved them of all manner of weapon and artillery, and left them naked.—Jewel, Reply to Mr. Harding, article xv.
The Gods forbid, quoth he, one shaft of thine
Should be discharged ’gainst that discourteous knight;
His heart unworthy is, shootress divine,
Of thine artillery to feel the might.
Fairfax, Tasso, b. 17, s. 49.
And Jonathan gave his artillery (weapons, R.V.) unto his lad, and said unto him, Go, carry them to the city.—1 Sam. xx. 40. (A.V.)
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