An ancient name for a gun carrying a ball of 33 pounds weight, with a length of from 12 to 14 feet, and a diameter of bore of 6-1/2 inches; its point-blank range was estimated at 162 paces, and its random one at 2000.
·noun ·see <<Demy>>, ·noun. ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·- A prefix, signifying half. ...
·pl of Cannon. II. Cannon ·add. ·vi To discharge cannon. III. Cannon ·noun A kind of type. ·see <<...
The well-known piece of artillery, mounted in battery on board or on shore, and made either of brass...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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·noun A work of sculpture of the above character. ·see Alto-rilievo. II. Demi-rilievo ·noun Half re...
·add. ·noun A small cup for, or of, black coffee. ...
In fortification, a bastion which has a flank on one side only. ...
An ancient cannon which threw a ball of 9 pounds weight, was about 9 feet long, and 4 inches in diam...
In fortification, that form of retaining wall for the face of a rampart which is only carried up as ...
·- ·see Canon Bone. ...
North out of St. Paul's Churchyard, at No. 64, to Paternoster Row (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Wa...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
At the south end of White Lyon Court, north of Barbican, at the western boundary of Cripplegate Ward...
East from St. Paul's Churchyard to King William Street, London Bridge (P.O. Directory). In Candlewic...
An ancient piece of ordnance used in ships of war for throwing stone shot. ...
A piece of ordnance with a 6-inch bore which carried a 24-lb. ball. ...
Introduced by Captain Blakely, Sir W. Armstrong, and others. ...
A 60-pounder of eight and a half inches bore. (See carthoun.) ...
An old name for a gun of 7-inches bore. ...
·noun A short note, equal to one fourth of a semiquaver, or the sixty-fourth part of a whole note. ...
On the south side of Cannon Street at No. 110 (P.O. Directory), between Martin's Lane and Lawrence P...
On the south side of Cannon Street at Dowgate Hill, extending south to the Thames (P.O. Directory), ...
See Cannon Street. ...
Out of Cannon Street (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799). Not named in the maps. ...
In Cannon Street, by Budge Row, at Walbrook End (W. Stow, 1722-Boyle, 1799). Not named in the maps....
The after-end, next the vent or touch-hole. It is the most massive part of a gun; strictly speaking,...
See Black Swan Court. ...