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Fuel :: Fuel (v. t.) To store or furnish with fuel or firing.

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

Foul :: Foul (v. t.) To incrust (the bore of a gun) with burnt powder in the process of firing.

Gutter :: Gutter (n.) Any narrow channel or groove; as, a gutter formed by erosion in the vent of a gun from repeated firing..

Cock :: Cock (v. t.) To draw the hammer of (a firearm) fully back and set it for firing.

Gunshot :: Gunshot (n.) Act of firing a gun; a shot.

Matross :: Matross (n.) Formerly, in the British service, a gunner or a gunner's mate; one of the soldiers in a train of artillery, who assisted the gunners in loading, firing, and sponging the guns..

Firing :: Firing (n.) The mode of introducing fuel into the furnace and working it.

Breastheight :: Breastheight (n.) The interior slope of a fortification, against which the garrison lean in firing..

Smift :: Smift (n.) A match for firing a charge of powder, as in blasting; a fuse..

Ricochet :: Ricochet (v. t.) To operate upon by ricochet firing. See Ricochet, n..

Hovel :: Hovel (n.) A large conical brick structure around which the firing kilns are grouped.

Quadrate :: Quadrate (v. t.) To adjust (a gun) on its carriage; also, to train (a gun) for horizontal firing..

Monk :: Monk (n.) A piece of tinder made of agaric, used in firing the powder hose or train of a mine..

Enfilade :: Enfilade (n.) A firing in the direction of the length of a trench, or a line of parapet or troops, etc.; a raking fire..

Shotgun :: Shotgun (n.) A light, smooth-bored gun, often double-barreled, especially designed for firing small shot at short range, and killing small game..

Fire :: Fire (n.) The discharge of firearms; firing; as, the troops were exposed to a heavy fire..

Foul :: Foul (superl.) Covered with, or containing, extraneous matter which is injurious, noxious, offensive, or obstructive; filthy; dirty; not clean; polluted; nasty; defiled; as, a foul cloth; foul hands; a foul chimney; foul air; a ship's bottom is foul when overgrown with barnacles; a gun becomes foul from repeated firing; a well is foul with polluted water..

Lunt :: Lunt (n.) The match cord formerly used in firing cannon.

Arson :: Arson (n.) The malicious burning of a dwelling house or outhouse of another man, which by the common law is felony; the malicious and voluntary firing of a building or ship..

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