missileryn.

Brit.

/ˈmɪsʌɪlri/, U.S.

/ˈmɪsəlri/

Forms: 1800s– missilery, 1900s– missilry.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: missile n., -ery suffix.

Etymology: < missile n. + -ery suffix.

Chiefly North American.

1. Missiles collectively; a collection of missiles. Also figurative.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > [noun] > collectively

trait1477

ammunition?1588

missilery1866

ballistics1989

1866 C. R. Kennedy Hannibal 4 Hurl or shoot Their savage missilery.

1880 Harper's Mag. Sept. 506/1 There were in her main~mast eighteen large grape, and sixteen musket-balls, besides smaller missilery in profusion.

1957 Britannica Bk. of Year 512/1 In military affairs, the prominence of the guided missile as a weapon was indicated by such terms as missilry, a collective term for such missiles.

1990 S. Morgan Homeboy iv. 31 Within were ranked triple-X videos, rainbowhued and roostercrested French ticklers, an arsenal of vibrating missilery.

1998 Interzone Apr. 43/2 But the attackers were no One-Shot-Wonder outfit, and they had more missilery up the spout.

2. The science of the design, construction, and use of missiles.

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1959 Life (Internat. ed.) 13 Apr. 20/1 We do have a mass of evidence to indicate that the Soviets have gone all-out in missilery.

1973 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 27 Apr. 4/7 The [transistor] devices became important foundation stones of military aviation, missilery, and space exploration, where it is vital to save space and weight.

2000 USA Today (Nexis) 1 May 10 Such a creation would rationalize the division of labor among the services—and consolidate those tasks that require specialized knowledge, such as missilery and space.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	missilery
释义	missileryn. Brit. /ˈmɪsʌɪlri/, U.S. /ˈmɪsəlri/ Forms: 1800s– missilery, 1900s– missilry. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: missile n., -ery suffix. Etymology: < missile n. + -ery suffix. Chiefly North American. 1. Missiles collectively; a collection of missiles. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > [noun] > collectively trait1477 ammunition?1588 missilery1866 ballistics1989 1866 C. R. Kennedy Hannibal 4 Hurl or shoot Their savage missilery. 1880 Harper's Mag. Sept. 506/1 There were in her main~mast eighteen large grape, and sixteen musket-balls, besides smaller missilery in profusion. 1957 Britannica Bk. of Year 512/1 In military affairs, the prominence of the guided missile as a weapon was indicated by such terms as missilry, a collective term for such missiles. 1990 S. Morgan Homeboy iv. 31 Within were ranked triple-X videos, rainbowhued and roostercrested French ticklers, an arsenal of vibrating missilery. 1998 Interzone Apr. 43/2 But the attackers were no One-Shot-Wonder outfit, and they had more missilery up the spout. 2. The science of the design, construction, and use of missiles. ΚΠ 1959 Life (Internat. ed.) 13 Apr. 20/1 We do have a mass of evidence to indicate that the Soviets have gone all-out in missilery. 1973 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 27 Apr. 4/7 The [transistor] devices became important foundation stones of military aviation, missilery, and space exploration, where it is vital to save space and weight. 2000 USA Today (Nexis) 1 May 10 Such a creation would rationalize the division of labor among the services—and consolidate those tasks that require specialized knowledge, such as missilery and space. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1866
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