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Webster 1913 Edition

Petrary

Pet′ra-ry

,

Noun.

[L.

petra

stone. Cf. Sp.

petraria

, and E.

.]

An ancient war engine for hurling stones.

Definition 2024

petrary

petrary

English

Noun

petrary ‎(plural petraries)

A weapon used to hurl stones
- 1969, Robert Nye, Tales I Told My Mother:
  Their boats, loaded with six months’ provisions and a petrary for shooting crucifixes, were stowed aboard.

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Italian: petriera f

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