Definition for GRE-NADE'

GRE-NADE', n. [Sp. granada, It. granata, Fr. grenade, a promegranate, or grained apple.]

In the art of war, a hollow ball or shell of iron or other metal, about two inches and a half in diameter, to be filled with powder, which is to be fired by means of a fusee, and thrown by hand among enemies. This, bursting into many pieces, does great injury, and is particularly useful in annoying an enemy in trenches and other lodgments. Encyc.

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