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† phaˈlaric Rom. Antiq. Obs.
[a. F. falarique, ad. L. phalāric-a, erroneous spelling of falārica (in same sense), deriv. of fala (said to be Etruscan) a scaffolding from which missiles were thrown in sieges.]
A javelin or dart wrapped in tow and pitch, set on fire, and thrown by the catapult or by hand, in order to set fire to a fortified place, a ship, etc.
1608Sylvester Du Bartas ii. iv. iv. Decay 964 With Brakes and Slings, and Phalariks they play, To fire their Fortresse, and their Men to slay. [1685Cotton tr. Montaigne i. xlviii. (1711) i. 440 They called a certain kind of Javeline..Phalarica.] |