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• GRENADE (from the French word for a pomegranate, from a resemblance in shape to that fruit)

GRENADE (from the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French word for a See also:

• POMEGRANATE

pomegranate, from a resemblance in shape to that See also:

• FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit)  , a small spherical explosive See also:

• VESSEL (O. Fr. vaissel, from a rare Lat. vascellum, dim. of vas, vase, urn)

vessel thrown by See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand . Hand-grenades were used in See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war in the 26th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, but the word " See also:

• GRENADE (from the French word for a pomegranate, from a resemblance in shape to that fruit)

grenade " was also from the S102 . Al203 . Fe203 . FeO . CaO . MgO . See also:

• K20

K20 . Na2O . Fl . B203 . See also:

• GRANITE (adapted from the Ital. granite, grained; Lat. granum, grain)

Granite 70.17 15.07 •88 1.79 1.13 1.11 5.73 2.69 •15 tr .

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• GREISEN (in French, hyalomicte)

Greisen 69.42 15.65 1.25 3'30 •63 1.02 4.06 •27 3'36 .59 first used to imply an explosive See also:

• SHELL
• SHELL (O. Eng. scell, scyll, cf. Du. sceel, shell, Goth. skalja, tile; the word means originally a thin flake,. cf. Swed. skalja, to peel off; it is allied to " scale " and " skill," from a root meaning to cleave, divide, separate)

shell fired from a See also:

• GUN

gun; this survives to 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 in the See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German Granate . These weapons were employed after about 166o, by See also:

• SPECIAL

special troops called " grenadiers " (q.v.), and in the See also:

• WARS

wars of the 17th and 18th centuries they are continually met with . They became obsolete in the 19th century, but were given a new See also:

• LEASE (derived through the Fr. from the Lat. laxare, to loosen)

lease of See also:

• LIFE

life in the 20th, owing to their employment in the See also:

• SIEGE (0. Fr. sege, siege, mod. siege, seat, ultimately from sedere, to sit, cf. Class. Lat. obsidium, a siege)

siege of See also:

• PORT

Port See also:

• ARTHUR (Fr. Arius)
• ARTHUR, CHESTER ALAN (1830 – 1886)

Arthur in 1904, where hand-grenades of a See also:

• MODERN

modern type, and containing powerful modern See also:

• EXPLOSIVES

explosives, proved very effective (see See also:

• AMMUNITION

AMMUNITION,Shell) . Hand-grenades filled with chemicals and made of See also:

• GLASS
• GLASS (O.E. glees, cf. Ger. Glas, perhaps derived from an old Teutonic root gla-, a variant of glo-, having the general sense of shining, cf. " glare," " glow ")
• GLASS, STAINED

glass are used as a method of See also:

• FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire-extinction, and similar vessels containing a liquid with a very strong See also:

• SMELL (connected etymologically with " smoulder " and " smoke ")

smell are used to discover defects in a drain or See also:

• SEWER

sewer .