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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..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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..

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..

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

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

Firing :: Firing (n.) The process of partly vitrifying pottery by exposing it to intense heat in a kiln.

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

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

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

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

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..

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

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..

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

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