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==Etymology==
− It is [[bor|xno|artillerie]], Old French artillerie, implements of war,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) from artillier, to equip with engines of war.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) The verb, whose spelling was influenced by art, skill, may come from atillier, an alteration of atirier, to arrange, from a-, to, and tire, order, rank (see [[tier]]);^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986)^(NODE 1998) other sources refer it to Medieval Latin articulum, art, skill.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)
+ It is [[bor|xno|artillerie]], [[fro|artillerie]], implements of war,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) from [[m|fro|artillier]], to equip with engines of war.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) The verb, whose spelling was influenced by art, skill, may come from atillier, an alteration of atirier, to arrange, from a-, to, and tire, order, rank (see [[tier]]);^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986)^(NODE 1998) other sources refer it to [[la-med|articulum]], art, skill.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)
==Earliest recorded meaning==