The name of the gun to which boys were married, or lashed, to be punished.
To kiss the gunner's daughter; to be tied to a gun and flogged on the posteriors; a mode of punishin...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
·noun A female descendant; a woman. II. Daughter ·noun A son's wife; a daughter-in-law. III. Daugh...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
This word, besides its natural and proper sense, is used to designate, 1) A niece or any female des...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
The word is used in Scripture not only for daughter, but for granddaughter or other female descendan...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
It is said of one who has a termagant for his wife, that he has married the Devil's daughter, and li...
A key. ...
Is shorter and flatter than the ordinary handspike, and is shod with iron at the point, so that it b...
The Sailor's Word-Book
A petty officer appointed to assist the gunner. ...
In destroying and bursting guns, means a fragment of the breech, which generally flies upward. ...
See quadrant. ...
An old rating for the man who made the cartridge-bags. ...
See yeoman. ...
Men who have been trained in a gunnery ship, and thereby become qualified to instruct others in that...
Three Egyptian princesses, daughters of Pharaohs, are mentioned in the Bible:- • The preserver of M...
·noun The wife of one's son. ...