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Chase :: Chase (n.) The part of a cannon from the reenforce or the trunnions to the swell of the muzzle. See Cannon.

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

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..

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

Nail :: Nail (n.) To spike, as a cannon..

Tompion :: Tompion (n.) A stopper of a cannon or a musket. See Tampion.

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

Astragal :: Astragal (n.) A round molding encircling a cannon near the mouth.

Calculated :: Calculated (p. p. & a.) Worked out by calculation; as calculated tables for computing interest; ascertained or conjectured as a result of calculation; as, the calculated place of a planet; the calculated velocity of a cannon ball..

Cannon :: Cannon (pl. ) of Canno.

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

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

Lanyard :: Lanyard (n.) A strong cord, about twelve feet long, with an iron hook at one end a handle at the other, used in firing cannon with a friction tube..

Cannon :: Cannon (n.) A great gun; a piece of ordnance or artillery; a firearm for discharging heavy shot with great force.

Culverin :: Culverin (n.) A long cannon of the 16th century, usually an 18-pounder with serpent-shaped handles..

Grapeshot :: Grapeshot (n.) A cluster, usually nine in number, of small iron balls, put together by means of cast-iron circular plates at top and bottom, with two rings, and a central connecting rod, in order to be used as a charge for a cannon. Formerly grapeshot were inclosed in canvas bags..

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

Amusette :: Amusette (n.) A light field cannon, or stocked gun mounted on a swivel..

Cannons :: Cannons (pl. ) of Canno.

Shell :: Shell (n.) A hollow projectile, of various shapes, adapted for a mortar or a cannon, and containing an explosive substance, ignited with a fuse or by percussion, by means of which the projectile is burst and its fragments scattered. See Bomb..

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