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Artilleryman :: Artilleryman (n.) A man who manages, or assists in managing, a large gun in firing..

Touch-paper :: Touch-paper (n.) Paper steeped in saltpeter, which burns slowly, and is used as a match for firing gunpowder, and the like..

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

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

Firing :: Firing (n.) The application of fire, or of a cautery..

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

Heel :: Heel (n.) In a small arm, the corner of the but which is upwards in the firing position..

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

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

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

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..

Plunger :: Plunger (n.) The firing pin of a breechloader.

Firing :: Firing (n.) The act of disharging firearms.

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

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

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

Foul :: Foul (v. i.) To become clogged with burnt powder in the process of firing, as a gun..

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

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

Matchlock :: Matchlock (n.) An old form of gunlock containing a match for firing the priming; hence, a musket fired by means of a match..

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