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Ordinance :: Ordinance (n.) Ordnance; cannon.

Krupp Gun :: Krupp gun () A breech-loading steel cannon manufactured at the works of Friedrich Krupp, at Essen in Prussia. Guns of over eight-inch bore are made up of several concentric cylinders; those of a smaller size are forged solid..

Salvo :: Salvo (n.) A salute paid by a simultaneous, or nearly simultaneous, firing of a number of cannon..

Canonic :: Canonic (a.) Alt. of Cannonica.

Marron :: Marron (a.) A paper or pasteboard box or shell, wound about with strong twine, filled with an explosive, and ignited with a fuse, -- used to make a noise like a cannon..

Salute :: Salute (v.) A token of respect or honor for some distinguished or official personage, for a foreign vessel or flag, or for some festival or event, as by presenting arms, by a discharge of cannon, volleys of small arms, dipping the colors or the topsails, etc..

Chamber :: Chamber (n.) A short piece of ordnance or cannon, which stood on its breech, without any carriage, formerly used chiefly for rejoicings and theatrical cannonades..

Cannonade :: Cannonade (n.) Fig.; A loud noise like a cannonade; a booming.

Twist :: Twist (n.) The spiral course of the rifling of a gun barrel or a cannon.

Plant :: Plant (n.) To set firmly; to fix; to set and direct, or point; as, to plant cannon against a fort; to plant a standard in any place; to plant one's feet on solid ground; to plant one's fist in another's face..

Stert :: Sterrometal (n.) Any alloy of copper, zinc, tin, and iron, of which cannon are sometimes made..

Battery :: Battery (v. t.) Any place where cannon or mortars are mounted, for attack or defense..

Reach :: Reach (n.) The act of stretching or extending; extension; power of reaching or touching with the person, or a limb, or something held or thrown; as, the fruit is beyond my reach; to be within reach of cannon shot..

Ordnance :: Ordnance (n.) Heavy weapons of warfare; cannon, or great guns, mortars, and howitzers; artillery; sometimes, a general term for all weapons and appliances used in war..

Rifling :: Rifling (n.) The system of grooves in a rifled gun barrel or cannon.

Gunner :: Gunner (n.) One who works a gun, whether on land or sea; a cannoneer..

Malkin :: Malkin (n.) A mop or sponge attached to a jointed staff for swabbing out a cannon.

Falcon :: Falcon (n.) An ancient form of cannon.

Cannon :: Cannon (n. & v.) See Carom.

Play :: Play (v. t.) To put in action or motion; as, to play cannon upon a fortification; to play a trump..

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