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

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

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.

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

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

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..

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

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

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

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

Firing :: Firing (n.) The mode of introducing fuel into the furnace and working it.

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

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

Feu De Joie :: Feu de joie () A fire kindled in a public place in token of joy; a bonfire; a firing of guns in token of joy.

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..

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

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

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