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

Manual :: Manual (a.) A prescribed exercise in the systematic handing of a weapon; as, the manual of arms; the manual of the sword; the manual of the piece (cannon, mortar, etc.)..

Nail :: Nail (n.) To spike, as a cannon..

Cannon :: Cannon (n.) A great gun; a piece of ordnance or artillery; a firearm for discharging heavy shot with great force.

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

Burst :: Burst (v. t.) To break or rend by violence, as by an overcharge or by strain or pressure, esp. from within; to force open suddenly; as, to burst a cannon; to burst a blood vessel; to burst open the doors..

Ball :: Ball (n.) Any solid spherical, cylindrical, or conical projectile of lead or iron, to be discharged from a firearm; as, a cannon ball; a rifle ball; -- often used collectively; as, powder and ball. Spherical balls for the smaller firearms are commonly called bullets..

Cannon :: Cannon (pl. ) of Canno.

Rifle :: Rifle (v. t.) To grove; to channel; especially, to groove internally with spiral channels; as, to rifle a gun barrel or a cannon..

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

Reecho :: Reecho (v. t.) To echo back; to reverberate again; as, the hills reecho the roar of cannon..

Turret :: Turret (n.) A revolving tower constructed of thick iron plates, within which cannon are mounted. Turrets are used on vessels of war and on land..

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

Fire :: Fire (v. t.) To cause to explode; as, to fire a torpedo; to disharge; as, to fire a musket or cannon; to fire cannon balls, rockets, etc..

Piece :: Piece (n.) A musket, gun, or cannon; as, a battery of six pieces; a following piece..

Range :: Range (v.) A place where shooting, as with cannons or rifles, is practiced..

Sponge :: Sponge (v. t.) To cleanse or wipe with a sponge; as, to sponge a slate or a cannon; to wet with a sponge; as, to sponge cloth..

Pommelion :: Pommelion (n.) The cascabel, or hindmost knob, of a cannon..

Cannon :: Cannon (n. & v.) See Carom.

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

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