An ancient cannon which threw a ball of 9 pounds weight, was about 9 feet long, and 4 inches in diameter of bore; its point-blank range was called 174 paces, and its random one about 1800.
·noun A long cannon of the 16th century, usually an 18-pounder with serpent-shaped handles. ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
An ancient cannon of about 5-1/4 inches bore, and from 9 to 12 feet long, carrying a ball of 18 poun...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·noun ·see <<Demy>>, ·noun. ...
·- A prefix, signifying half. ...
·noun <<Peninsula>>. ...
·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 name for a gun carrying a ball of 33 pounds weight, with a length of from 12 to 14 feet, ...
In fortification, that form of retaining wall for the face of a rampart which is only carried up as ...
·noun A short note, equal to one fourth of a semiquaver, or the sixty-fourth part of a whole note. ...