bomb chest

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1.A great noise; a hollow sound. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

A pillar of iron . . . which if you had struck, would make . . . a great bomb in the chamber beneath.— Bacon.[1913 Webster]

2.(Mil.) A shell; esp. a spherical shell, like those fired from mortars. See Shell. [1913 Webster]

3.A bomb ketch. [1913 Webster]

Bomb chest (Mil.), a chest filled with bombs, or only with gunpowder, placed under ground, to cause destruction by its explosion.

Bomb ketch, Bomb vessel (Naut.), a small ketch or vessel, very strongly built, on which mortars are mounted to be used in naval bombardments; -- called also mortar vessel.

Bomb lance, a lance or harpoon with an explosive head, used in whale fishing.

Volcanic bomb, a mass of lava of a spherical or pear shape. "I noticed volcanic bombs." --Darwin. [1913 Webster]

1.A large box of wood, or other material, having, like a trunk, a lid, but no covering of skin, leather, or cloth. [1913 Webster]

Heaps of money crowded in the chest.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]

2.A coffin. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

He is now dead and mailed in his cheste.— Chaucer.[1913 Webster]

3.The part of the body inclosed by the ribs and breastbone; the thorax. [1913 Webster]

4.(Com.) A case in which certain goods, as tea, opium, etc., are transported; hence, the quantity which such a case contains. [1913 Webster]

5.(Mech.) A tight receptacle or box, usually for holding gas, steam, liquids, etc.; as, the steam chest of an engine; the wind chest of an organ. [1913 Webster]

Bomb chest, See under Bomb.

Chest of drawers, a case or movable frame containing drawers. [1913 Webster]