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CHEMISE

Volume 5 · 66 words · 1815 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 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.