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·noun Heavy weapons of warfare; cannon, or great guns, mortars, and howitzers; artillery; sometimes,...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
A general name for all sorts of great guns which are used in war. Also, all that relates to the arti...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·vt To make heavy. II. Heavy ·adj Having the heaves. III. Heavy ·superl With child; pregnant. IV....
A sloop expressly fitted for transporting ordnance stores to ships, and from port to port. ...
That which is provided with spiral grooves in the interior of the bore, to give rotatory motion to t...
·- Native barium sulphate or barite, — so called because of its high specific gravity as compared wi...
·adj Wearing heavy or complete armor; carrying heavy arms. ...
·adj Clumsy; awkward. ...
·adj Dull; stupid. ...
·adj Having the top or upper part too heavy for the lower part. ...
Drunk. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
A strong wind, in which a ship is reduced to storm-staysails and close-reefed main-topsail. Force 10...
, or heavy ordnance. Ordnance of large calibre. ...
High and strong waves. ...
Dense ice, which has a great depth in the water in proportion to its size, and is not in a state of ...
The end of the bore modified to receive the charge of powder. In mortars, howitzers, and shell-guns,...
The forward extremity of the cylinder, and the metal which surrounds it, extending back to the neck,...