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

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

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 act of disharging firearms.

Murdress :: Murdress (n.) A battlement in ancient fortifications with interstices for firing through.

Hammer :: Hammer (n.) That part of a gunlock which strikes the percussion cap, or firing pin; the cock; formerly, however, a piece of steel covering the pan of a flintlock musket and struck by the flint of the cock to ignite the priming..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Salvo :: Salvo (n.) A salute paid by a simultaneous, or nearly simultaneous, firing of a number of cannon..

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..

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..

Firing :: Firing (n.) Fuel; firewood or coal.

Lanyard :: Lanyard (n.) A strong cord, about twelve feet long, with an iron hook at one end a handle at the other, used in firing cannon with a friction tube..

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

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