Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.
Class II. Words Relating to SpaceSection IV. Motion
4. Motion with Reference to Direction
284. [Motion Given to an Object Situated in Front.] Propulsion.
[SCIENCE OF PROPULSION] gunnery, ballistics, archery.
PROPELLER, screw, twin-screws, turbine.
MISSILE, projectile, ball, shot; spear, arrow; gun (arms) [See Arms]; discus, quoit; brickbat.
SHOOTER, shot; archer, toxophilite; bowman, rifleman, marksman, gun [cant], gunner, good shot, dead shot, crack shot; sharpshooter (combatant) [See Combatant].
dart, lance, tilt; ejaculate, jaculate [rare], fulminate, bolt, drive, sling, pitchfork.
SEND; send off, let off, fire off; discharge, shoot; launch, send forth, let fly; dash.
START; put -, set- in motion; set agoing, give a start to, give an impulse to; bundle, bundle off; impel [See Impulse]; trundle &c. (set in rotation) [See Rotation]; expel [See Ejection].
carry one off one’s legs; put to flight.