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Cascabel :: Cascabel (n.) The projection in rear of the breech of a cannon, usually a knob or breeching loop connected with the gun by a neck. In old writers it included all in rear of the base ring. [See Illust. of Cannon.].

Breechloader :: Breechloader (n.) A firearm which receives its load at the breech.

Back :: Back (n.) The part opposed to the front; the hinder or rear part of a thing; as, the back of a book; the back of an army; the back of a chimney..

Arriere :: Arriere (n.) That which is behind; the rear; -- chiefly used as an adjective in the sense of behind, rear, subordinate..

Hinder :: Hinder (a.) Of or belonging to that part or end which is in the rear, or which follows; as, the hinder part of a wagon; the hinder parts of a horse..

Tirailleur :: Tirailleur (n.) Formerly, a member of an independent body of marksmen in the French army. They were used sometimes in front of the army to annoy the enemy, sometimes in the rear to check his pursuit. The term is now applied to all troops acting as skirmishers..

Fusillade :: Fusillade (v. t.) To shoot down of shoot at by a simultaneous discharge of firearms.

Rearrangement :: Rearrangement (n.) The act of rearranging, or the state of being rearranged..

Reremouse :: Reremouse (n.) A rearmouse.

Radius :: Radius (n.) The preaxial bone of the forearm, or brachium, corresponding to the tibia of the hind limb. See Illust. of Artiodactyla..

Fire :: Fire (v. i.) To discharge artillery or firearms; as, they fired on the town..

Train :: Train (v.) That which is drawn along in the rear of, or after, something; that which is in the hinder part or rear..

Aback :: Aback (adv.) Toward the back or rear; backward.

Gorge :: Gorge (n.) The entrance into a bastion or other outwork of a fort; -- usually synonymous with rear. See Illust. of Bastion.

Hair :: Hair (n.) A spring device used in a hair-trigger firearm.

Dreariness :: Dreariness (n.) Dismalness; gloomy solitude.

Seven-shooter :: Seven-shooter (n.) A firearm, esp. a pistol, with seven barrels or chambers for cartridges, or one capable of firing seven shots without reloading..

Occasion :: Occasion (n.) Need; exigency; requirement; necessity; as, I have no occasion for firearms..

Condensation :: Condensation (n.) A rearrangement or concentration of the different constituents of one or more substances into a distinct and definite compound of greater complexity and molecular weight, often resulting in an increase of density, as the condensation of oxygen into ozone, or of acetone into mesitylene..

Cartridge :: Cartridge (n.) A complete charge for a firearm, contained in, or held together by, a case, capsule, or shell of metal, pasteboard, or other material..

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