OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 59823

pyroballogy

/ˌpaɪ.ɹəʊˈbæl.ə.d͡ʒi/
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pirobalística
The study of artillery; the practice of using artillery as a weapon.
Pyroballogy, Lieutenant Drinkwater, is the art of throwing fire. 'Tis both scientific and alchemical, and that is why officers in my profession cannot purchase their commissions li…
[H]e threw a faithless cipher of moon into the sky, put beneath it a fatherless girl craving affection, and then helpless before the doom of his own contrivances watched in his min…
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