Missile : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Missile	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
missile n a rocket carrying a warhead of conventional or nuclear explosives; may be ballistic or directed by remote control a weapon that is forcibly thrown or projected at a targets but is not self-propelled Synonym(s): projectile, missile
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Missile \Mis"sile\, a. [L. missils, fr. mittere, missum, to cause to go, to send, to throw; cf. Lith. mesti to throw: cf. F. missile. Cf. {Admit}, {Dismiss}, {Mass} the religious service, {Message}, {Mission}.] Capable of being thrown; adapted for hurling or to be projected from the hand, or from any instrument or rngine, so as to strike an object at a distance. We bend the bow, or wing the missile dart. --Pope.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Missile \Mis"sile\, n. [L. missile.] A weapon thrown or projected or intended to be projcted, as a lance, an arrow, or a bullet.