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

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

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

Mouse :: Mouse (n.) A match used in firing guns or blasting.

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

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

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

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

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..

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

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

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

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

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

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..

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

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

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

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

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

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