mortar

n 1: a muzzle-loading cannon with a short barrel that fires

shells at high elevations for a short range [syn: {howitzer},

{trench mortar}]

2: used as a bond in masonry or for covering a wall

3: a vessel in which substances can be ground with a pestle

v : plaster with mortar

MORTRAN

A {public domain} {Fortran} {preprocessor} for {structured

programming}.

(1995-09-20)