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• BOMBARD (derived through Med. Lat. and Fr. forms from Gr. (3oµ(3eiv, to make a humming noise)

BOMBARD (derived through Med. See also:

• LAT

Lat. and Fr. forms from Gr. (3oµ(3eiv, to make a humming See also:

• NOISE (a word of doubtful origin; O. Fr. nogse or nose; Prov. nausa, which points to Lat. nausea, sickness, as the origin; others take Lat. noxia, harm, as the source)

noise)  , a See also:

• TERM

term applied in the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle ages to a sort of See also:

• CANNON (a word common to Romance languages, from the Lat. canna, a reed, tube, with the addition of the augmentative termination -on, -one)

cannon, used chiefly in sieges, and throwing heavy See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

stone balls; hence the later use as a verb (see See also:

• BOMBARDMENT

BOMBARDMENT) . The name, in various forms, was also given to a See also:

• MEDIEVAL

medieval musical See also:

• INSTRUMENT (Lat. instrumentum, from insincere, to build up, furnish, arrange, prepare)

instrument (" See also:

• BOMBARD (derived through Med. Lat. and Fr. forms from Gr. (3oµ(3eiv, to make a humming noise)

bombard," " bumhart," " pumhart," " See also:

• POMMER

pommer "), the forerunner of the See also:

• BASS
• BASS (the same word as " base," and so pronounced, but influenced in spelling by the Ital. basso)

bass See also:

• OBOE, or HAUTBOY (Fr. hautbois, Ger. Hoboe, Ital. oboe)

oboe or schalmey . At the See also:

• PRESENT

present See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day a small See also:

• PRIMITIVE

primitive oboe called bombarde, with eight holes but no keys, is used among the See also:

• BRETON, BRITTON
• BRETON, JULES ADOLPHE

Breton peasants .