A ball or bag filled with combustible or explosive material and discharged into the air, esp. to cause damage by explosion or to set fire to…

An incendiary missile, consisting of tow, brimstone, etc.

A combustible or explosive substance for use in war; a projectile or other device loaded with such a substance. Also: (the use of) such…

Chiefly Military (now historical). A globular case or shell filled or impregnated with combustible material, intended to be fired from a mortar…

An earthenware pot containing combustibles or explosives, used as a missile. Now historical.

Transl. of Spanish bomba de fuego ‘a ball of wilde-fire,’ Minsheu. Obsolete.

(a) an earthenware pot containing gunpowder, used as a grenade; = firepot, n. 1 (now historical); (b) a (decorative) pot for cosmetic powder.

(a) an incendiary projectile for hurling at an enemy, consisting of a container filled with explosive powder and a burning wick (cf. trunk, n.…