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Gunstome :: Gunstome (n.) A cannon ball; -- so called because originally made of stone.

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

Spike :: Spike (v. t.) To stop the vent of (a gun or cannon) by driving a spike nail, or the like into it..

Founder :: Founder (n.) One who founds; one who casts metals in various forms; a caster; as, a founder of cannon, bells, hardware, or types..

Base :: Base (n.) The smallest kind of cannon.

Cannonading :: Cannonading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cannonad.

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

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

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

Artillery :: Artillery (n.) Cannon; great guns; ordnance, including guns, mortars, howitzers, etc., with their equipment of carriages, balls, bombs, and shot of all kinds..

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

Cannonade :: Cannonade (v. t.) To attack with heavy artillery; to batter with cannon shot.

Fieldpiece :: Fieldpiece (n.) A cannon mounted on wheels, for the use of a marching army; a piece of field artillery; -- called also field gun..

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

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..

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..

Ribaudequin :: Ribaudequin (n.) An engine of war used in the Middle Ages, consisting of a protected elevated staging on wheels, and armed in front with pikes. It was (after the 14th century) furnished with small cannon..

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

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

Bombard :: Bombard (n.) A piece of heavy ordnance formerly used for throwing stones and other ponderous missiles. It was the earliest kind of cannon.

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