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cor(2) (iou) and Springfield Armory (sh)


cor(2) (iou)



cor noun. LME.
[Hebrew kor.]
Hist. A Hebrew measure of capacity of about 400 litres (100 gallons), = HOMER noun1.

Springfield Armory (sh)




Weapons factory established at Springfield, Mass.

, by the U.S. Congress in 1794. It grew out of an arsenal established in Springfield by the Revolutionary government in 1777, the site being chosen partly for its inaccessibility to British forces. The armoury pioneered mass-production manufacturing techniques and produced weapons ranging from smoothbore muskets in its earliest days to the Springfield rifle and the M1 rifle of World War II, designed by John Garand. It closed in 1968 and is now a national historic site. See also armoury practice; Thomas Blanchard.