missile weapon

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Webster's dictionary, which is recommended to children as a first resort in such difficulties, calls it "A remarkable missile weapon used by the natives of Australia."

From The Elements of General Method Based on the Principles of Herbart by McMurry, Charles Alexander

Hradzka's fingers found the belt of his blaster; he dragged it out and buckled it on, tossing away the missile weapon he had been carrying.

From Flight From Tomorrow by Piper, H. Beam

This arrangement admitted of increased flexibility of movement in broken country, and of the adoption of the pilum, or javelin, as a missile weapon.

From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Boak, Arthur Edward Romilly

BOOMERANG, a missile weapon of the Australian aborigines and other peoples.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" by Various

A very singular missile weapon used by the natives of Australia and in some parts of India.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah