missile

Definitions

1. 1.Capable of being thrown; adapted for hurling or to be projected from the hand, or from any instrument or rngine, so as to strike an object at a distance. We bend the bow, or wing the missile dart. Pope.
2. 2.A weapon thrown or projected or intended to be projcted, as a lance, an arrow, or a bullet.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

Related questions

• What does "missile" mean?

Reverse-dictionary questions

Definition-first questions whose answer is missile.

• What is a weapon thrown or projected or intended to be projcted, as a lance, an arrow, or a bullet called?