Definition of mortar

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Mortar (n.) A strong vessel, commonly in form of an inverted bell, in which substances are pounded or rubbed with a pestle..

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Chevrette :: Chevrette (n.) A machine for raising guns or mortar into their carriages.
Royal :: Royal (n.) A small mortar.
Gomer :: Gomer (n.) A conical chamber at the breech of the bore in heavy ordnance, especially in mortars; -- named after the inventor..
Rusk :: Rusk (n.) Bread or cake which has been made brown and crisp, and afterwards grated, or pulverized in a mortar..
Hod :: Hod (n.) A kind of wooden tray with a handle, borne on the shoulder, for carrying mortar, brick, etc..
Rejoint :: Rejoint (v. t.) Specifically (Arch.), to fill up the joints of, as stones in buildings when the mortar has been dislodged by age and the action of the weather..
Emplecton :: Emplecton (n.) A kind of masonry in which the outer faces of the wall are ashlar, the space between being filled with broken stone and mortar. Cross layers of stone are interlaid as binders..
Mortar :: Mortar (n.) A strong vessel, commonly in form of an inverted bell, in which substances are pounded or rubbed with a pestle..
Bricklaying :: Bricklaying (n.) The art of building with bricks, or of uniting them by cement or mortar into various forms; the act or occupation of laying bricks..
Potgun :: Potgun (n.) A pot-shaped cannon; a mortar.
Mortar :: Mortar (n.) A building material made by mixing lime, cement, or plaster of Paris, with sand, water, and sometimes other materials; -- used in masonry for joining stones, bricks, etc., also for plastering, and in other ways..
Pozzolana :: Pozzolana (n.) Volcanic ashes from Pozzuoli, in Italy, used in the manufacture of a kind of mortar which hardens under water..
Shell :: Shell (n.) A hollow projectile, of various shapes, adapted for a mortar or a cannon, and containing an explosive substance, ignited with a fuse or by percussion, by means of which the projectile is burst and its fragments scattered. See Bomb..
Hobit :: Hobit (n.) A small mortar on a gun carriage, in use before the howitzer..
Maltha :: Maltha (n.) Mortar.
Artillery :: Artillery (n.) Cannon; great guns; ordnance, including guns, mortars, howitzers, etc., with their equipment of carriages, balls, bombs, and shot of all kinds..
Pestilation :: Pestilation (n.) The act of pounding and bruising with a pestle in a mortar.
Imbed :: Imbed (v. t.) To sink or lay, as in a bed; to deposit in a partly inclosing mass, as of clay or mortar; to cover, as with earth, sand, etc..
Ordnance :: Ordnance (n.) Heavy weapons of warfare; cannon, or great guns, mortars, and howitzers; artillery; sometimes, a general term for all weapons and appliances used in war..
Tinker :: Tinker (n.) A small mortar on the end of a staff.
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