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Potgun :: Potgun (n.) A popgun.

Bore :: Bore (n.) The internal cylindrical cavity of a gun, cannon, pistol, or other firearm, or of a pipe or tube..

Krupp Gun :: Krupp gun () A breech-loading steel cannon manufactured at the works of Friedrich Krupp, at Essen in Prussia. Guns of over eight-inch bore are made up of several concentric cylinders; those of a smaller size are forged solid..

Rifling :: Rifling (n.) The act or process of making the grooves in a rifled cannon or gun barrel.

Racer :: Racer (n.) One of the circular iron or steel rails on which the chassis of a heavy gun is turned.

Cheek :: Cheek (n.) Those pieces of a machine, or of any timber, or stone work, which form corresponding sides, or which are similar and in pair; as, the cheeks (jaws) of a vise; the cheeks of a gun carriage, etc..

Galipot :: Galipot (n.) An impure resin of turpentine, hardened on the outside of pine trees by the spontaneous evaporation of its essential oil. When purified, it is called yellow pitch, white pitch, or Burgundy pitch..

Gundelet :: Gundelet (n.) See Gondola.

Gunarchy :: Gunarchy (n.) See Gynarchy.

Guard :: Guard (v. t.) A plate of metal, beneath the stock, or the lock frame, of a gun or pistol, having a loop, called a bow, to protect the trigger..

Gunner :: Gunner (n.) A warrant officer in the navy having charge of the ordnance on a vessel.

Persevere :: Persevere (v. i.) To persist in any business or enterprise undertaken; to pursue steadily any project or course begun; to maintain a purpose in spite of counter influences, opposition, or discouragement; not to give or abandon what is undertaken..

Snap :: Snap (v. t.) A sharp, abrupt sound, as that made by the crack of a whip; as, the snap of the trigger of a gun..

Windage :: Windage (n.) The difference between the diameter of the bore of a gun and that of the shot fired from it.

Mount :: Mount (v. t.) Hence: To put upon anything that sustains and fits for use, as a gun on a carriage, a map or picture on cloth or paper; to prepare for being worn or otherwise used, as a diamond by setting, or a sword blade by adding the hilt, scabbard, etc..

Rifling :: Rifling (n.) The system of grooves in a rifled gun barrel or cannon.

Gunner :: Gunner (n.) The great northern diver or loon. See Loon.

Hunt :: Hunt (v. t.) To search for or follow after, as game or wild animals; to chase; to pursue for the purpose of catching or killing; to follow with dogs or guns for sport or exercise; as, to hunt a deer..

Gun :: Gun (n.) A piece of heavy ordnance; in a restricted sense, a cannon..

Chassepot :: Chassepot (n.) A kind of breechloading, center-fire rifle, or improved needle gun..

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