n. [ F. ] 1. A place where the bodies of dead persons are kept, until they are identified, or claimed by their friends; a deadhouse. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]
2. (Newspapers) A room containing reference files of older material in a newspaper office; also, the material contained in such a room. [ PJC ]
n. [ F., fr. L. organum organ, Gr. &unr_;. See Organ. ] (Mil.) (a) Any one of a number of long, thick pieces of timber, pointed and shod with iron, and suspended, each by a separate rope, over a gateway, to be let down in case of attack. (b) A piece of ordnance, consisting of a number of musket barrels arranged so that a match or train may connect with all their touchholes, and a discharge be secured almost or quite simultaneously. [ 1913 Webster ]