a. Obs. [f. BOMBARD sb. + -ICAL.] ‘Thundering, or roaring like a piece of ordnance.’ Blount, Glossogr., 1656.
c. 1645. Howell, Lett. (1650), II. 72. He that Entitles himself Most puissant and highest Monarch of the Turks … with other such bombardicall Titles.
