Definition of Missilry

1. the science of designing and operating guided missiles [n -RIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Missilry

missile
missile defence system
missile defense system
missile silo
missile silos
missileer
missileers
missilelike
missileman
missilemen
missileproof
missileries
missilery
missiles
missilries
missilry (current term)
missing
missing a beat
missing boundary
missing in action
missing link
missing links
missing person
missing persons
missing white woman syndrome
missingly
missingness
missiological
missiologies
missiologist

Literary usage of Missilry

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1887)
"missilry, *. Leprosy. V. DICT. Although not defined in Diet., the correct meaning is suggested in the explanatory note. The etym., however, is wrong. ..."

2. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In which the Words are ...by John Jamieson by John Jamieson (1818)
"}ir. Unbecoming. PaL Han. Teut. mis-sett-cn, male disponere. missilry, S. Perb. leprosy. V. MISA LL. ..."

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