and Artillery is originally a French word signifying "archery." In a general sense, it denotes the offensive apparatus of war, particularly of the missile kind; in modern acceptation, is more immediately applied to fire-arms mounted on carriages, and ready for action, with their balls, bombs, grenades, etc. In a more extensive meaning, the term includes the powder, matches, utensils of ordnance, the machines which facilitate their motion, and transport them, the vehicles over |