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CHEMISE

Volume 5 · 67 words · 1810 Edition

in Fortification, the wall with which a bastion, or any other bulwark of earth, is lined for its greater support and strength: or it is the solidity of the wall from the talus to the stone row.

Fire Chemise, a piece of linen cloth, steeped in a composition of oil of petrol, camphor, and other combustible matters, used at sea to set fire to an enemy's vessel.