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

Manual :: Manual (a.) A prescribed exercise in the systematic handing of a weapon; as, the manual of arms; the manual of the sword; the manual of the piece (cannon, mortar, etc.)..

Unspike :: Unspike (v. t.) To remove a spike from, as from the vent of a cannon..

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..

Roar :: Roar (n.) A loud, continuous, and confused sound; as, the roar of a cannon, of the wind, or the waves; the roar of ocean..

Serpentine :: Serpentine (n.) A kind of ancient cannon.

Point :: Point (n.) To direct toward an abject; to aim; as, to point a gun at a wolf, or a cannon at a fort..

Calibre :: Calibre (n.) The diameter of the bore, as a cannon or other firearm, or of any tube; or the weight or size of the projectile which a firearm will carry; as, an 8 inch gun, a 12-pounder, a 44 caliber..

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

Capsquare :: Capsquare (n.) A metal covering plate which passes over the trunnions of a cannon, and holds it in place..

Rifle :: Rifle (v. t.) To grove; to channel; especially, to groove internally with spiral channels; as, to rifle a gun barrel or a cannon..

Roll :: Roll (v.) A heavy, reverberatory sound; as, the roll of cannon, or of thunder..

Prizing :: Prizing (n.) The application of a lever to move any weighty body, as a cask, anchor, cannon, car, etc. See Prize, n., 5..

Merkin :: Merkin (n.) Originally, a wig; afterwards, a mop for cleaning cannon..

Demicannon :: Demicannon (n.) A kind of ordnance, carrying a ball weighing from thirty to thirty-six pounds..

Cannon :: Cannon (n.) A kind of type. See Canon.

Boom :: Boom (v. i.) To make a hollow sound, as of waves or cannon..

Salute :: Salute (v. t.) To honor, as some day, person, or nation, by a discharge of cannon or small arms, by dipping colors, by cheers, etc..

Columbiad :: Columbiad (n.) A form of seacoast cannon; a long, chambered gun designed for throwing shot or shells with heavy charges of powder, at high angles of elevation..

Gunstome :: Gunstome (n.) A cannon ball; -- so called because originally made of stone.

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