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Sabot :: Sabot (n.) A thick, circular disk of wood, to which the cartridge bag and projectile are attached, in fixed ammunition for cannon; also, a piece of soft metal attached to a projectile to take the groove of the rifling..

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

Annoy :: Annoy (n.) To molest, incommode, or harm; as, to annoy an army by impeding its march, or by a cannonade..

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

Hull :: Hull (v. t.) To pierce the hull of, as a ship, with a cannon ball..

Zumbooruk :: Zumbooruk (n.) A small cannon supported by a swiveled rest on the back of a camel, whence it is fired, -- used in the East..

Grommet :: Grommet (n.) A ring of rope used as a wad to hold a cannon ball in place.

Murderer :: Murderer (n.) A small cannon, formerly used for clearing a ship's decks of boarders; -- called also murdering piece..

Cannon Bone :: Cannon bone () See Canon Bone.

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

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

Cannonade :: Cannonade (imp. & p. p.) of Cannonad.

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

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

Gun :: Gun (n.) A weapon which throws or propels a missile to a distance; any firearm or instrument for throwing projectiles by the explosion of gunpowder, consisting of a tube or barrel closed at one end, in which the projectile is placed, with an explosive charge behind, which is ignited by various means. Muskets, rifles, carbines, and fowling pieces are smaller guns, for hand use, and are called small arms. Larger guns are called cannon, ordnance, fieldpieces, carronades, howitzers, etc. See these t

Bronze :: Bronze (a.) An alloy of copper and tin, to which small proportions of other metals, especially zinc, are sometimes added. It is hard and sonorous, and is used for statues, bells, cannon, etc., the proportions of the ingredients being varied to suit the particular purposes. The varieties containing the higher proportions of tin are brittle, as in bell metal and speculum metal..

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

Cannonry :: Cannonry (n.) Cannon, collectively; artillery..

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

Unbreech :: Unbreech (v. t.) To free the breech of, as a cannon, from its fastenings or coverings..

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