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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
He is in the gun; he is drunk: perhaps from an allusion to a vessel called a gun, used for ale in th...

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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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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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