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CHEMISE

Volume 6 · 66 words · 1842 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 petroleum, camphor, and other combustible matters, used at sea for setting fire to an enemy's vessel.