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

Fire :: Fire (v. t.) To cause to explode; as, to fire a torpedo; to disharge; as, to fire a musket or cannon; to fire cannon balls, rockets, etc..

Dogbolt :: Dogbolt (n.) The bolt of the cap-square over the trunnion of a cannon.

Pommelion :: Pommelion (n.) The cascabel, or hindmost knob, of a cannon..

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

Cannon :: Cannon (n.) A hollow cylindrical piece carried by a revolving shaft, on which it may, however, revolve independently..

Heavy :: Heavy (superl.) Strong; violent; forcible; as, a heavy sea, storm, cannonade, and the like..

Whitworth Gun :: Whitworth gun () A form of rifled cannon and small arms invented by Sir Joseph Whitworth, of Manchester, England..

Apron :: Apron (n.) A leaden plate that covers the vent of a cannon.

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

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..

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

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..

Gun :: Gun (n.) A piece of heavy ordnance; in a restricted sense, a cannon..

Rifling :: Rifling (n.) The act or process of making the grooves in a rifled cannon or gun barrel.

Boring :: Boring (n.) The act or process of one who, or that which, bores; as, the boring of cannon; the boring of piles and ship timbers by certain marine mollusks..

Falconet :: Falconet (n.) One of the smaller cannon used in the 15th century and later.

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

Reecho :: Reecho (v. t.) To echo back; to reverberate again; as, the hills reecho the roar of cannon..

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

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