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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..

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

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.) Fuel; firewood or coal.

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..

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

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

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

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

Discharge :: Discharge (v. t.) Firing off; explosive removal of a charge; explosion; letting off; as, a discharge of arrows, of artillery..

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

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

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

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

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

Silence :: Silence (v. t.) To cause to cease firing, as by a vigorous cannonade; as, to silence the batteries of an enemy..

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

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

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

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