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• Gun

  ·noun Violent blasts of wind. II. Gun ·- of <<Gin>>. III. Gun ·noun A piece of heavy ordnance; in ...

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• gun

  a flaggon for ale. N. ...

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• gun

  The usual service name for a cannon (which see); it was originally called great gun, to distinguish ...

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• Air gun

  ·- A kind of gun in which the elastic force of condensed air is used to discharge the ball. The air ...

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• Gatling gun

  ·- An American machine gun, consisting of a cluster of barrels which, being revolved by a crank, are...

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• Hotchkiss gun

  ·add. ·- A built-up, rifled, rapid-fire gun of oil-tempered steel, having a rectangular breechblock ...

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• Krupp gun

  ·- A breech-loading steel cannon manufactured at the works of Friedrich Krupp, at Essen in Prussia. ...

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• Maxim gun

  ·add. ·- A kind of machine gun; — named after its inventor, Hiram S. Maxim. ...

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• Vickers' gun

  ·add. ·- One of a system of guns manufactured by the firm of Vickers' Sons, at Sheffield, ·Eng. now ...

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• Whitworth gun

  ·- A form of rifled cannon and small arms invented by Sir Joseph Whitworth, of Manchester, England. ...

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• Wire gun

  ·add. ·- = Wire-wound gun. ...

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• Gun Alley

  1) West out of Moorfields, in Cripplegate Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-Elmes, 1831). In Rocque, 174...

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• Gun Yard

  1) Out of Fore Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without (P.C. 1732). Not named in the maps. 2) West out...

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• air-gun

  A silent weapon, which propels bullets by the expansive force of air only. ...

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• armstrong gun

  Invented by Sir William Armstrong. In its most familiar form, a rifled breech-loading gun of wrought...

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• cotton, gun

  See gun-cotton. ...

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• cutty-gun

  A northern term for a short pipe. ...

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• dahlgren gun

  A modification of the Paixhan gun, introduced into the United States service by Lieut., now Admiral,...

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• evening gun

  The warning-piece, after the firing of which the sentries challenge. ...

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• field-gun

  See field-artillery. ...

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• gally-gun

  A kind of culverin. ...

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• great gun

  The general sea-term for cannons, or officers of great repute. ...

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• gun-chambers

  In early artillery, a movable chamber with a handle, like a paterero, used in loading at the breech....

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• gun-cotton

  An explosive compound, having some advantages over gunpowder, but so irregular hitherto in its actio...

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• gun-deck

  See decks. ...

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• gun-fire

  The morning or evening guns, familiarly termed "the admiral falling down the hatchway." ...

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• gun-gear

  Everything pertaining to its handling. ...

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• gun-harpoon

  See harpoon. ...

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• gun-ladle

  See ladle, for a gun. ...

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• gun-lod

  A vessel filled with combustibles, but rather for explosion than as a fire-ship. ...

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• gun-metal

  The alloy from which brass guns are cast consists of 100 parts of copper to 10 of tin, retaining muc...

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• gun-pendulum

  See ballistic pendulum. ...

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• gun-ports

  See ports. ...

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• gun-room

  A compartment on the after-end of the lower gun-deck of large ships of war, partly occupied by the j...

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• gun-searcher

  An iron instrument with several sharp-pointed prongs and a wooden handle: it is used to find whether...

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• gun-shot

  Formerly, the distance up to which a gun would throw a shot direct to its mark, without added elevat...

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• gun-sight

  See disparting a gun, or sights. ...

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• gun-slings

  Long rope grommets used for hoisting in and mounting them. ...

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• gun-stones

  An old term for cannon-balls, from stones having been first supplied to the ordnance and used for th...

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• hand-gun

  An old term for small arms in the times of Henry VII. and VIII. ...

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• morning gun

  The gun fired from the admiral's or senior officer's ship, to announce day-break, which is answered ...

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• needle-gun

  One wherein the ignition for the cartridge is produced by the penetration of the detonating priming ...

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• paixhan gun

  Introduced by the French General Paixhan about 1830, for the horizontal firing of heavy shells; havi...

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• pivot-gun

  Mounted on a frame carriage which can be turned radially, so as to point the piece in any direction....

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• rodman gun

  One cast on the excellent method of Captain Rodman, formerly of the United States Ordnance viz. on a...

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• whitworth gun

  A piece rifled by having a twisted hexagonal bore, and throwing a more elongated shot with a sharper...

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• Hydropneumatic gun carriage

  ·add. ·- A disappearing gun carriage in which the recoil is checked by cylinders containing liquid a...

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• Vickers-Maxim gun

  ·add. ·- One of a system of ordnance, including machine, quick-fire, coast, and field guns, of all c...

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• Wire-wound gun

  ·add. ·- A gun in the construction of which an inner tube (either entire or in segments) is wound wi...

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• Gun Square, Houndsditch

  East out of Houndsditch, at 150 and 151. In Portsoken Ward (P.O. Directory). Former name : "Gun Yar...

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• Gun Yard, Houndsditch

  See Gun Square, Houndsditch. ...

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• firing a gun

  Introducing a story by head and shoulders. A man wanting to tell a particular story, said to the com...

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• disparting a gun

  To bring the line of sight and line of metal to be parallel by setting up a mark on the muzzle-ring ...

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• gun-tackle purchase

  A tackle composed of a rope rove through two single blocks, the standing part being made fast to the...

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• nailing a gun

  Synonymous with cloying or spiking. When necessary to abandon cannon, or when the enemy's artillery,...

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• spiking a gun

  Driving a large nail or iron spike into the vent, which will render the cannon unserviceable until r...

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• son of a gun

  This phrase is heard in low language with us as in England. ...

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• sure as a gun

  Absolutely certain. A common colloquial expression.--Brockett. There's luck, says auld Lizzy, in fa...

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• carriage of a gun

  The frame on which it is mounted for firing, constructed either exclusively for this purpose, or als...

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• chase of a gun

  That part of the conical external surface extending from the moulding in front of the trunnions to t...

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• cleat a gun, to

  To nail large cleats under the trucks of the lower-deckers in bad weather, to insure their not fetch...

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• face of a gun

  The surface of the metal at the extremity of the muzzle. ...

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• gun and head money

  Given to the captors of an enemy's ship of war destroyed, or deserted, in fight. It was formerly ass...

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• handles of a gun

  The dolphins. ...

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• head and gun-money

  An encouragement in the prize acts by which £5 a head is given to the captors for every person on bo...

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• ladle, for a gun

  An instrument for charging with loose powder; formed of a cylindrical sheet of copper-tube fitted to...

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• lay a gun, to

  So to direct it as that its shot may be expected to strike a given object; for which purpose its axi...

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• mouldings of a gun

  The several rings and ornaments. ...

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• mount a gun, to

  To place it on its carriage. ...

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• neck of a gun

  The narrow part where the chase meets the swell of the muzzle. ...

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• point a gun, to

  To direct it on a given object. ...

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• range of a gun

  The horizontal distance which it will send a shot, at a stated elevation, to the point of its first ...

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• son of a gun

  An epithet conveying contempt in a slight degree, and originally applied to boys born afloat, when w...

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• Vickers-Maxim automatic machine gun

  ·add. ·- An automatic machine gun in which the mechanism is worked by the recoil, assisted by the pr...

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• arms of a great gun

  The trunnions. ...

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• hammer, of a gun-lock

  Formerly the steel covering of the pan from which the flint of the cock struck sparks on to the prim...

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• lady of the gun-room

  A gunner's mate, who takes charge of the after-scuttle, where gunners' stores are kept. ...

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• loops of a gun-carriage

  The iron eye-bolts to which the tackles are hooked. ...

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• notch-sight of a gun

  A sight having a V-shaped notch, wherein the eye easily finds the lowest or central point. ...

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• sole of a gun-port

  The lower part of it, more properly called port-sill. ...

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• transom of a gun-carriage

  A cross piece of timber uniting the cheeks; generally between the trunnion-holes and the fore axle-t...

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• vent-field of a gun

  The raised tablet in the metal near the breech in which the vent is bored. ...

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• Gun Yard, Little Tower Hill, East

  East out of Little Tower Hill. In St. Katherine's precinct (O. and M. 1677-Lond. Guide, 1758). Also...

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• Gun Yard, Little Tower Hill, North

  North out of Little Tower Hill (O. and M. 1677). Site has been rebuilt. ...

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