GUERITE

, in Fortification, a centry-box; being a small tower of wood, or stone, usually placed on the point of a bastion, or on the angles of the shoulder, to hold a centinel, who is to take care of the ditch, and watch against a surprise.

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Entry taken from A Mathematical and Philosophical Dictionary, by Charles Hutton, 1796.

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GRENADE
GRUS
GRY
GUARDS
GUERICKE (Otto or Otho)
* GUERITE
GUEULE
GUINEA
GULA
GULBE
GULF