Definition: missile

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

missile
     n 1: rocket carrying passengers or instruments or a warhead
     2: a weapon that is thrown or projected [syn: projectile]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Missile \Mis"sile\, a. [L. missils, fr. mittere, missum, to
   cause to go, to send, to throw; cf. Lith. mesti to throw: cf.
   F. missile. Cf. Admit, Dismiss, Mass the religious
   service, Message, Mission.]
   Capable of being thrown; adapted for hurling or to be
   projected from the hand, or from any instrument or rngine, so
   as to strike an object at a distance.

         We bend the bow, or wing the missile dart. --Pope.
Missile \Mis"sile\, n. [L. missile.]
   A weapon thrown or projected or intended to be projcted, as a
   lance, an arrow, or a bullet.