Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The headquarters of the chief of ordnance of the United States army; the bureau of administration of the ordnance department of the army.
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At length, having previously moved that strangers should withdraw, Lord Westmoreland related in a formal manner the insult and outrage with which the king had been treated; adding that his majesty, and those who were with him, were of opinion that the bullet had been discharged from an air-gun, from a bow-window of a house adjoining the ordnance-office, with a view to assassinate the king.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. From George III. to Victoria Edward Farr
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Some voices assumed a menacing tone; and when the state-coach came opposite to the ordnance-office, then in St. Margaret-street, a bullet, supposed to have been discharged from an air-gun, passed through the window.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. From George III. to Victoria Edward Farr
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