Crossword clues for congreve
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Congreve \Con"greve\, n. [After Sir William Congreve, the inventor.]
Short for Cogreve rocket, a powerful form of rocket formerly used in war, either in the field or for bombardment. In the former case it was armed with shell, shrapnel, or other missiles; in the latter, with an inextinguishable explosive material, inclosed in a metallic case. It was guided by a long wooden stick.
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Congreve match, an early friction match, containing sulphur, potassium chlorate, and antimony sulphide.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
in reference to rockets or matches, from Sir William Congreve (1772-1828).
Wikipedia
Congreve may refer to:
- Congreve (surname)
- Congreve, Penkridge, a manor house and its former land in Penkridge, Staffordshire, England
- Congreve (crater), a lunar crater
- Mount Congreve, the stately home of the Congreve family in County Waterford, Ireland
- Congreve (horse), an Argentine thoroughbred racehorse who sired Kayak II
Congreve is a lunar crater that is located on the far side of the Moon relative to the Earth, and lies across the lunar equator. It lies to the west-northwest of the massive walled plain Korolev. To the southeast is the crater Icarus, and due north is Zhukovskiy.
The rim of this crater is worn by impact erosion, particularly along the eastern side where a pair of small crater lie along the edge. The rim and inner wall are more prominent to the west and north, while it forms only a shallow ridge to the southeast. The interior floor is marked by a cluster of small craters in the northeastern part, and tiny craterlets scattered across the remainder.
Congreve (1924–1944) was an Argentine Thoroughbred racehorse and one of the most influential sires in South America. He was a bay stallion by Copyright (GB) (by Tracery, who was sired by Rock Sand) his dam Per Noi by Perrier (GB).
Congreve is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Ambrose Congreve (1907–2011), Irish industrialist, best known for his world-famous garden at Mount Congreve
- Galfred Congreve ( fl. 1850–1881), Scottish amateur footballer and cricketer, later a civil servant
- Richard Congreve (1818–1899), English philosopher
- Walter Norris Congreve, Governor of Malta from 1924 to 1926
- William Congreve (1670–1729), English playwright
- William La Touche Congreve (1891–1916)
- Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet (1772–1828), creator of the Congreve rocket
Usage examples of "congreve".
Bruno passed through the fire and Bobrowski the robber with his crony Materna, with whom it all began, set fires in houses that had been previously notched -- sunsets, sunsets -- Napoleon before and after: then the city was ingeniously besieged, for several times they tried out Congreve rockets, with varying success: but in the city and on the walls, on Wolf, Bear, and Bay Horse Bastions, on Renegade, Maidenhole, and Rabbit Bastions, the French under Rapp coughed, the Poles under their prince Radziwil spat, the corps of the one-armed Capitaine de Chambure hawked.
Johnson obligingly proposed to carry me to see Islam, a romantick scene, now belonging to a family of the name of Port, but formerly the seat of the Congreves.
Johnson soon gave him the same sad account of their school-fellow, Congreve, that he had given to Mr.
Sixty-eight pounders to demolish huts of cocoanut boughs, and Congreve rockets to set on fire a few canoe sheds!
Flood, climbed Bay Horse, Rabbit, and Renegade Bastions without a ladder, wet the powder, made the Congreve rockets fizzle out, and carried a good deal of fish, mostly pike, into the streets and kitchens: everyone was miraculously replenished, although the granaries along Hopfengasse had long since burned down -- sunsets.
The desperate venture was led by three aides-de-camp of the Generals, Congreve, Schofield, and Roberts, the only son of the famous soldier.
Charles Congreve, a clergyman, which he thus described: 'He obtained, I believe, considerable preferment in Ireland, but now lives in London, quite as a valetudinarian, afraid to go into any house but his own.
Dominic's Flood, climbed Bay Horse, Rabbit, and Renegade Bastions without a ladder, wet the powder, made the Congreve rockets fizzle out, and carried a good deal of fish, mostly pike, into the streets and kitchens: everyone was miraculously replenished, although the granaries along Hopfengasse had long since burned down -- sunsets.
D'ye know how much a single Congreve rocket-head weighs, without its stick?
The Congreve rocket is said to have an Eastern origin, Sir William Congreve having observed its destructive effects when employed by the forces under Tippoo Saib in the Mahratta war, on which he adopted and improved the missile, and brought out the invention as his own.
His world had just been turned upside down, but his heart soared wildly like a Congreve rocket.
It was, Congreve saw, optical glass designed to magnify the contents.