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Throw :: Throw (v. t.) To fling or cast in any manner; to drive to a distance from the hand or from an engine; to propel; to send; as, to throw stones or dust with the hand; a cannon throws a ball; a fire engine throws a stream of water to extinguish flames..

Reamer :: Reamer (n.) One who, or that which, reams; specifically, an instrument with cutting or scraping edges, used, with a twisting motion, for enlarging a round hole, as the bore of a cannon, etc..

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

Cloy :: Cloy (v. t.) To spike, as a cannon..

Linstock :: Linstock (n.) A pointed forked staff, shod with iron at the foot, to hold a lighted match for firing cannon..

Embouchure :: Embouchure (n.) The mouth of a river; also, the mouth of a 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..

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..

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

Cannonade :: Cannonade (v. i.) To discharge cannon; as, the army cannonaded all day..

Boom :: Boom (n.) A hollow roar, as of waves or cannon; also, the hollow cry of the bittern; a booming..

Petronel :: Petronel (n.) A sort of hand cannon, or portable firearm, used in France in the 15th century..

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..

Cannoned :: Cannoned (a.) Furnished with cannon.

Breech :: Breech (n.) The hinder part of anything; esp., the part of a cannon, or other firearm, behind the chamber..

Kick :: Kick (v. i.) To recoil; -- said of a musket, cannon, etc..

Cannons :: Cannons (pl. ) of Canno.

Ladle :: Ladle (v. t.) An instrument for drawing the charge of a cannon.

Cannoneer :: Cannoneer (n.) Alt. of Cannonie.

Breeching :: Breeching (n.) A strong rope rove through the cascabel of a cannon and secured to ringbolts in the ship's side, to limit the recoil of the gun when it is discharged..

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