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A military engine acting like a sling, which threw stones from a bag or wooden bucket, and was operated by machinery.

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  1. n. A military engine acting like a sling, which threw stones from a bag or wooden bucket, and was operated by machinery.
  2. n. A wild ass, especially the koulan.
  3. n. Asiatic wild ass
  4. n. small catapult used by the Romans
  5. 1. (Rom.Antiq.) A military engine acting like a sling, which threw stones from a bag or wooden bucket, and was operated by machinery. Fairholt. 2. (Zoöl.) A wild ass, especially the koulan.
  6. A military engine acting like a sling, which threw stones froma bag or wooden bucket, and was operated by machinery. Fairholt.