All 3 Uses of
ordnance
in
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
- [A flourish of trumpets, and ordnance shot off within.†
Scene 1.4
- Set me the stoups of wine upon that table,— If Hamlet give the first or second hit, Or quit in answer of the third exchange, Let all the battlements their ordnance fire; The king shall drink to Hamlet's better breath; And in the cup an union shall he throw, Richer than that which four successive kings In Denmark's crown have worn.†
Scene 5.2
- ] [Exeunt, bearing off the dead bodies; after the which a peal of ordnance is shot off.†
Scene 5.2 *
Definition:
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(ordnance) military supplies -- especially disposable items such as ammunition and bombs