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guns
(mass) | guns
- zbrane |
guns
(encz) | guns,zbraně Zdeněk Brož |
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gunship
(mass) | gunship
- helikoptéra |
going great guns
(encz) | going great guns, |
gunship
(encz) | gunship,bojový letoun Zdeněk Brožgunship,bojový vrtulník Zdeněk Brožgunship,vrtulník n: Zdeněk Brož |
gunshot
(encz) | gunshot,rána Pavel Machek; Gizagunshot,výstřel n: Zdeněk Brož |
gunsight
(encz) | gunsight, n: |
gunslinger
(encz) | gunslinger,pistolník n: Zdeněk Brož |
gunsmith
(encz) | gunsmith,zbrojíř fjey |
gunstock
(encz) | gunstock, n: |
life is not all guns and roses
(encz) | life is not all guns and roses, |
stick to your guns
(encz) | stick to your guns, |
built-up guns
(gcide) | Gun \Gun\ (g[u^]n), n. [OE. gonne, gunne; of uncertain origin;
cf. Ir., Gael., & LL. gunna, W. gum; possibly (like cannon)
fr. L. canna reed, tube; or abbreviated fr. OF. mangonnel, E.
mangonel, a machine for hurling stones.]
1. A weapon which throws or propels a missile to a distance;
any firearm or instrument for throwing projectiles,
consisting of a tube or barrel closed at one end, in which
the projectile is placed, with an explosive charge (such
as guncotton or gunpowder) behind, which is ignited by
various means. Pistols, rifles, carbines, muskets, and
fowling pieces are smaller guns, for hand use, and are
called small arms. Larger guns are called cannon,
ordnance, fieldpieces, carronades, howitzers, etc.
See these terms in the Vocabulary.
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As swift as a pellet out of a gunne
When fire is in the powder runne. --Chaucer.
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The word gun was in use in England for an engine to
cast a thing from a man long before there was any
gunpowder found out. --Selden.
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2. (Mil.) A piece of heavy ordnance; in a restricted sense, a
cannon.
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3. pl. (Naut.) Violent blasts of wind.
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Note: Guns are classified, according to their construction or
manner of loading as rifled or smoothbore,
breech-loading or muzzle-loading, cast or
built-up guns; or according to their use, as field,
mountain, prairie, seacoast, and siege guns.
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Armstrong gun, a wrought iron breech-loading cannon named
after its English inventor, Sir William Armstrong.
Big gun or Great gun, a piece of heavy ordnance; hence
(Fig.), a person superior in any way; as, bring in the big
guns to tackle the problem.
Gun barrel, the barrel or tube of a gun.
Gun carriage, the carriage on which a gun is mounted or
moved.
Gun cotton (Chem.), a general name for a series of
explosive nitric ethers of cellulose, obtained by steeping
cotton in nitric and sulphuric acids. Although there are
formed substances containing nitric acid radicals, yet the
results exactly resemble ordinary cotton in appearance. It
burns without ash, with explosion if confined, but quietly
and harmlessly if free and open, and in small quantity.
Specifically, the lower nitrates of cellulose which are
insoluble in ether and alcohol in distinction from the
highest (pyroxylin) which is soluble. See Pyroxylin, and
cf. Xyloidin. The gun cottons are used for blasting and
somewhat in gunnery: for making celluloid when compounded
with camphor; and the soluble variety (pyroxylin) for
making collodion. See Celluloid, and Collodion. Gun
cotton is frequenty but improperly called
nitrocellulose. It is not a nitro compound, but an ester
of nitric acid.
Gun deck. See under Deck.
Gun fire, the time at which the morning or the evening gun
is fired.
Gun metal, a bronze, ordinarily composed of nine parts of
copper and one of tin, used for cannon, etc. The name is
also given to certain strong mixtures of cast iron.
Gun port (Naut.), an opening in a ship through which a
cannon's muzzle is run out for firing.
Gun tackle (Naut.), the blocks and pulleys affixed to the
side of a ship, by which a gun carriage is run to and from
the gun port.
Gun tackle purchase (Naut.), a tackle composed of two
single blocks and a fall. --Totten.
Krupp gun, a wrought steel breech-loading cannon, named
after its German inventor, Herr Krupp.
Machine gun, a breech-loading gun or a group of such guns,
mounted on a carriage or other holder, and having a
reservoir containing cartridges which are loaded into the
gun or guns and fired in rapid succession. In earlier
models, such as the Gatling gun, the cartridges were
loaded by machinery operated by turning a crank. In modern
versions the loading of cartidges is accomplished by
levers operated by the recoil of the explosion driving the
bullet, or by the pressure of gas within the barrel.
Several hundred shots can be fired in a minute by such
weapons, with accurate aim. The Gatling gun, {Gardner
gun}, Hotchkiss gun, and Nordenfelt gun, named for
their inventors, and the French mitrailleuse, are
machine guns.
To blow great guns (Naut.), to blow a gale. See Gun, n.,
3.
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Converted guns
(gcide) | Convert \Con*vert"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Converted; p. pr. &
vb. n. Converting.] [L. convertere, -versum; con- + vertere
to turn: cf. F. convertir. See Verse.]
1. To cause to turn; to turn. [Obs.]
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O, which way shall I first convert myself? --B.
Jonson.
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2. To change or turn from one state or condition to another;
to alter in form, substance, or quality; to transform; to
transmute; as, to convert water into ice.
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If the whole atmosphere were converted into water.
--T. Burnet.
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That still lessens
The sorrow, and converts it nigh to joy. --Milton.
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3. To change or turn from one belief or course to another, as
from one religion to another or from one party or sect to
another.
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No attempt was made to convert the Moslems.
--Prescott.
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4. To produce the spiritual change called conversion in (any
one); to turn from a bad life to a good one; to change the
heart and moral character of (any one) from the
controlling power of sin to that of holiness.
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He which converteth the sinner from the error of his
way shall save a soul from death. --Lames v. 20.
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5. To apply to any use by a diversion from the proper or
intended use; to appropriate dishonestly or illegally.
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When a bystander took a coin to get it changed, and
converted it, [it was] held no larceny. --Cooley.
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6. To exchange for some specified equivalent; as, to convert
goods into money.
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7. (Logic) To change (one proposition) into another, so that
what was the subject of the first becomes the predicate of
the second.
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8. To turn into another language; to translate. [Obs.]
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Which story . . . Catullus more elegantly converted.
--B. Jonson.
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Converted guns, cast-iron guns lined with wrought-iron or
steel tubes. --Farrow.
Converting furnace (Steel Manuf.), a furnace in which
wrought iron is converted into steel by cementation.
Syn: To change; turn; transmute; appropriate.
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Great guns
(gcide) | Great \Great\ (gr[=a]t), a. [Compar. Greater; superl.
Greatest.] [OE. gret, great, AS. gre['a]t; akin to OS. &
LG. gr[=o]t, D. groot, OHG. gr[=o]z, G. gross. Cf. Groat
the coin.]
1. Large in space; of much size; big; immense; enormous;
expanded; -- opposed to small and little; as, a great
house, ship, farm, plain, distance, length.
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2. Large in number; numerous; as, a great company, multitude,
series, etc.
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3. Long continued; lengthened in duration; prolonged in time;
as, a great while; a great interval.
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4. Superior; admirable; commanding; -- applied to thoughts,
actions, and feelings.
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5. Endowed with extraordinary powers; uncommonly gifted; able
to accomplish vast results; strong; powerful; mighty;
noble; as, a great hero, scholar, genius, philosopher,
etc.
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6. Holding a chief position; elevated: lofty: eminent;
distinguished; foremost; principal; as, great men; the
great seal; the great marshal, etc.
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He doth object I am too great of birth. --Shak.
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7. Entitled to earnest consideration; weighty; important; as,
a great argument, truth, or principle.
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8. Pregnant; big (with young).
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The ewes great with young. --Ps. lxxviii.
71.
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9. More than ordinary in degree; very considerable in degree;
as, to use great caution; to be in great pain.
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We have all
Great cause to give great thanks. --Shak.
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10. (Genealogy) Older, younger, or more remote, by single
generation; -- often used before grand to indicate one
degree more remote in the direct line of descent; as,
great-grandfather (a grandfather's or a grandmother's
father), great-grandson, etc.
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Great bear (Astron.), the constellation Ursa Major.
Great cattle (Law), all manner of cattle except sheep and
yearlings. --Wharton.
Great charter (Eng. Hist.), Magna Charta.
Great circle of a sphere, a circle the plane of which
passes through the center of the sphere.
Great circle sailing, the process or art of conducting a
ship on a great circle of the globe or on the shortest arc
between two places.
Great go, the final examination for a degree at the
University of Oxford, England; -- called also greats.
--T. Hughes.
Great guns. (Naut.) See under Gun.
The Great Lakes the large fresh-water lakes (Lakes
Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario) which lie on
the northern borders of the United States.
Great master. Same as Grand master, under Grand.
Great organ (Mus.), the largest and loudest of the three
parts of a grand organ (the others being the choir organ
and the swell, and sometimes the pedal organ or foot
keys), It is played upon by a separate keyboard, which has
the middle position.
The great powers (of Europe), in modern diplomacy, Great
Britain, France, Germany, Austria, Russia, and Italy.
Great primer. See under Type.
Great scale (Mus.), the complete scale; -- employed to
designate the entire series of musical sounds from lowest
to highest.
Great sea, the Mediterranean sea. In Chaucer both the Black
and the Mediterranean seas are so called.
Great seal.
(a) The principal seal of a kingdom or state.
(b) In Great Britain, the lord chancellor (who is
custodian of this seal); also, his office.
Great tithes. See under Tithes.
The great, the eminent, distinguished, or powerful.
The Great Spirit, among the North American Indians, their
chief or principal deity.
To be great (with one), to be intimate or familiar (with
him). --Bacon.
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Guns of position
(gcide) | Position \Po*si"tion\, n. [F. position, L. positio, fr. ponere,
positum, to put, place; prob. for posino, fr. an old
preposition used only in comp. (akin to Gr. ?) + sinere to
leave, let, permit, place. See Site, and cf. Composite,
Compound, v., Depone, Deposit, Expound, Impostor,
Opposite, Propound, Pose, v., Posit, Post, n.]
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1. The state of being posited, or placed; the manner in which
anything is placed; attitude; condition; as, a firm, an
inclined, or an upright position.
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We have different prospects of the same thing,
according to our different positions to it. --Locke.
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2. The spot where a person or thing is placed or takes a
place; site; place; station; situation; as, the position
of man in creation; the fleet changed its position.
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3. Hence: The ground which any one takes in an argument or
controversy; the point of view from which any one proceeds
to a discussion; also, a principle laid down as the basis
of reasoning; a proposition; a thesis; as, to define one's
position; to appear in a false position.
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Let not the proof of any position depend on the
positions that follow, but always on those which go
before. --I. Watts.
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4. Relative place or standing; social or official rank; as, a
person of position; hence, office; post; as, to lose one's
position.
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5. (Arith.) A method of solving a problem by one or two
suppositions; -- called also the {rule of trial and
error}.
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Angle of position (Astron.), the angle which any line (as
that joining two stars) makes with another fixed line,
specifically with a circle of declination.
Double position (Arith.), the method of solving problems by
proceeding with each of two assumed numbers, according to
the conditions of the problem, and by comparing the
difference of the results with those of the numbers,
deducing the correction to be applied to one of them to
obtain the true result.
Guns of position (Mil.), heavy fieldpieces, not designed
for quick movements.
Position finder (Mil.), a range finder. See under Range.
Position micrometer, a micrometer applied to the tube of an
astronomical telescope for measuring angles of position in
the field of view.
Single position (Arith.), the method of solving problems,
in which the result obtained by operating with an assumed
number is to the true result as the number assumed is to
the number required.
Strategic position (Mil.), a position taken up by an army
or a large detachment of troops for the purpose of
checking or observing an opposing force.
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Syn: Situation; station; place; condition; attitude; posture;
proposition; assertion; thesis.
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gunshot
(gcide) | gunshot \gun"shot`\, a.
Made by the shot of a gun; as, a gunshot wound.
[1913 Webster]Gunshot \Gun"shot`\ (g[u^]n"sh[o^]t), n.
1. Act of firing a gun; a shot.
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2. The distance to which shot can be thrown from a gun, so as
to be effective; the reach or range of a gun.
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Those who are come over to the royal party are
supposed to be out of gunshot. --Dryden.
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Gunshot
(gcide) | gunshot \gun"shot`\, a.
Made by the shot of a gun; as, a gunshot wound.
[1913 Webster]Gunshot \Gun"shot`\ (g[u^]n"sh[o^]t), n.
1. Act of firing a gun; a shot.
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2. The distance to which shot can be thrown from a gun, so as
to be effective; the reach or range of a gun.
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Those who are come over to the royal party are
supposed to be out of gunshot. --Dryden.
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gunsight
(gcide) | gunsight \gun"sight`\ (g[u^]n"s[imac]t`), n.
A sight[9] attached to a gun, used for aiming it at the
target. Same as sight[9].
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Gunsmith
(gcide) | Gunsmith \Gun"smith\ (g[u^]n"sm[i^]th`), n.
One whose occupation is to make or repair small firearms; an
armorer. Gunsmithery |
Gunsmithery
(gcide) | Gunsmithery \Gun"smith`er*y\ (g[u^]n"sm[i^]th`[~e]r*[y^]),
Gunsmithing \Gun"smith`ing\, n.
The art or business of a gunsmith.
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Gunsmithing
(gcide) | Gunsmithery \Gun"smith`er*y\ (g[u^]n"sm[i^]th`[~e]r*[y^]),
Gunsmithing \Gun"smith`ing\, n.
The art or business of a gunsmith.
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gunster
(gcide) | gunster \gun"ster\ (g[u^]n"st[~e]r), n.
A gunner. [R.] --Tatler.
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Gunstick
(gcide) | Gunstick \Gun"stick\ (g[u^]n"st[i^]k`), n.
A stick to ram down the charge of a musket, etc.; a rammer or
ramrod. [R.]
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gunstock
(gcide) | gunstock \gun"stock`\ (g[u^]n"st[o^]k`), n.
The stock or wood to which the barrel of a hand gun is
fastened.
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gunstone
(gcide) | gunstone \gun"stone`\ (g[u^]n"st[=o]n`), n.
A cannon ball; -- so called because originally made of stone.
[Obs.] --Shak.
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siege guns
(gcide) | Gun \Gun\ (g[u^]n), n. [OE. gonne, gunne; of uncertain origin;
cf. Ir., Gael., & LL. gunna, W. gum; possibly (like cannon)
fr. L. canna reed, tube; or abbreviated fr. OF. mangonnel, E.
mangonel, a machine for hurling stones.]
1. A weapon which throws or propels a missile to a distance;
any firearm or instrument for throwing projectiles,
consisting of a tube or barrel closed at one end, in which
the projectile is placed, with an explosive charge (such
as guncotton or gunpowder) behind, which is ignited by
various means. Pistols, rifles, carbines, muskets, and
fowling pieces are smaller guns, for hand use, and are
called small arms. Larger guns are called cannon,
ordnance, fieldpieces, carronades, howitzers, etc.
See these terms in the Vocabulary.
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As swift as a pellet out of a gunne
When fire is in the powder runne. --Chaucer.
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The word gun was in use in England for an engine to
cast a thing from a man long before there was any
gunpowder found out. --Selden.
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2. (Mil.) A piece of heavy ordnance; in a restricted sense, a
cannon.
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3. pl. (Naut.) Violent blasts of wind.
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Note: Guns are classified, according to their construction or
manner of loading as rifled or smoothbore,
breech-loading or muzzle-loading, cast or
built-up guns; or according to their use, as field,
mountain, prairie, seacoast, and siege guns.
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Armstrong gun, a wrought iron breech-loading cannon named
after its English inventor, Sir William Armstrong.
Big gun or Great gun, a piece of heavy ordnance; hence
(Fig.), a person superior in any way; as, bring in the big
guns to tackle the problem.
Gun barrel, the barrel or tube of a gun.
Gun carriage, the carriage on which a gun is mounted or
moved.
Gun cotton (Chem.), a general name for a series of
explosive nitric ethers of cellulose, obtained by steeping
cotton in nitric and sulphuric acids. Although there are
formed substances containing nitric acid radicals, yet the
results exactly resemble ordinary cotton in appearance. It
burns without ash, with explosion if confined, but quietly
and harmlessly if free and open, and in small quantity.
Specifically, the lower nitrates of cellulose which are
insoluble in ether and alcohol in distinction from the
highest (pyroxylin) which is soluble. See Pyroxylin, and
cf. Xyloidin. The gun cottons are used for blasting and
somewhat in gunnery: for making celluloid when compounded
with camphor; and the soluble variety (pyroxylin) for
making collodion. See Celluloid, and Collodion. Gun
cotton is frequenty but improperly called
nitrocellulose. It is not a nitro compound, but an ester
of nitric acid.
Gun deck. See under Deck.
Gun fire, the time at which the morning or the evening gun
is fired.
Gun metal, a bronze, ordinarily composed of nine parts of
copper and one of tin, used for cannon, etc. The name is
also given to certain strong mixtures of cast iron.
Gun port (Naut.), an opening in a ship through which a
cannon's muzzle is run out for firing.
Gun tackle (Naut.), the blocks and pulleys affixed to the
side of a ship, by which a gun carriage is run to and from
the gun port.
Gun tackle purchase (Naut.), a tackle composed of two
single blocks and a fall. --Totten.
Krupp gun, a wrought steel breech-loading cannon, named
after its German inventor, Herr Krupp.
Machine gun, a breech-loading gun or a group of such guns,
mounted on a carriage or other holder, and having a
reservoir containing cartridges which are loaded into the
gun or guns and fired in rapid succession. In earlier
models, such as the Gatling gun, the cartridges were
loaded by machinery operated by turning a crank. In modern
versions the loading of cartidges is accomplished by
levers operated by the recoil of the explosion driving the
bullet, or by the pressure of gas within the barrel.
Several hundred shots can be fired in a minute by such
weapons, with accurate aim. The Gatling gun, {Gardner
gun}, Hotchkiss gun, and Nordenfelt gun, named for
their inventors, and the French mitrailleuse, are
machine guns.
To blow great guns (Naut.), to blow a gale. See Gun, n.,
3.
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To blow great guns
(gcide) | Gun \Gun\ (g[u^]n), n. [OE. gonne, gunne; of uncertain origin;
cf. Ir., Gael., & LL. gunna, W. gum; possibly (like cannon)
fr. L. canna reed, tube; or abbreviated fr. OF. mangonnel, E.
mangonel, a machine for hurling stones.]
1. A weapon which throws or propels a missile to a distance;
any firearm or instrument for throwing projectiles,
consisting of a tube or barrel closed at one end, in which
the projectile is placed, with an explosive charge (such
as guncotton or gunpowder) behind, which is ignited by
various means. Pistols, rifles, carbines, muskets, and
fowling pieces are smaller guns, for hand use, and are
called small arms. Larger guns are called cannon,
ordnance, fieldpieces, carronades, howitzers, etc.
See these terms in the Vocabulary.
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As swift as a pellet out of a gunne
When fire is in the powder runne. --Chaucer.
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The word gun was in use in England for an engine to
cast a thing from a man long before there was any
gunpowder found out. --Selden.
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2. (Mil.) A piece of heavy ordnance; in a restricted sense, a
cannon.
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3. pl. (Naut.) Violent blasts of wind.
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Note: Guns are classified, according to their construction or
manner of loading as rifled or smoothbore,
breech-loading or muzzle-loading, cast or
built-up guns; or according to their use, as field,
mountain, prairie, seacoast, and siege guns.
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Armstrong gun, a wrought iron breech-loading cannon named
after its English inventor, Sir William Armstrong.
Big gun or Great gun, a piece of heavy ordnance; hence
(Fig.), a person superior in any way; as, bring in the big
guns to tackle the problem.
Gun barrel, the barrel or tube of a gun.
Gun carriage, the carriage on which a gun is mounted or
moved.
Gun cotton (Chem.), a general name for a series of
explosive nitric ethers of cellulose, obtained by steeping
cotton in nitric and sulphuric acids. Although there are
formed substances containing nitric acid radicals, yet the
results exactly resemble ordinary cotton in appearance. It
burns without ash, with explosion if confined, but quietly
and harmlessly if free and open, and in small quantity.
Specifically, the lower nitrates of cellulose which are
insoluble in ether and alcohol in distinction from the
highest (pyroxylin) which is soluble. See Pyroxylin, and
cf. Xyloidin. The gun cottons are used for blasting and
somewhat in gunnery: for making celluloid when compounded
with camphor; and the soluble variety (pyroxylin) for
making collodion. See Celluloid, and Collodion. Gun
cotton is frequenty but improperly called
nitrocellulose. It is not a nitro compound, but an ester
of nitric acid.
Gun deck. See under Deck.
Gun fire, the time at which the morning or the evening gun
is fired.
Gun metal, a bronze, ordinarily composed of nine parts of
copper and one of tin, used for cannon, etc. The name is
also given to certain strong mixtures of cast iron.
Gun port (Naut.), an opening in a ship through which a
cannon's muzzle is run out for firing.
Gun tackle (Naut.), the blocks and pulleys affixed to the
side of a ship, by which a gun carriage is run to and from
the gun port.
Gun tackle purchase (Naut.), a tackle composed of two
single blocks and a fall. --Totten.
Krupp gun, a wrought steel breech-loading cannon, named
after its German inventor, Herr Krupp.
Machine gun, a breech-loading gun or a group of such guns,
mounted on a carriage or other holder, and having a
reservoir containing cartridges which are loaded into the
gun or guns and fired in rapid succession. In earlier
models, such as the Gatling gun, the cartridges were
loaded by machinery operated by turning a crank. In modern
versions the loading of cartidges is accomplished by
levers operated by the recoil of the explosion driving the
bullet, or by the pressure of gas within the barrel.
Several hundred shots can be fired in a minute by such
weapons, with accurate aim. The Gatling gun, {Gardner
gun}, Hotchkiss gun, and Nordenfelt gun, named for
their inventors, and the French mitrailleuse, are
machine guns.
To blow great guns (Naut.), to blow a gale. See Gun, n.,
3.
[1913 Webster +PJC]Blow \Blow\, v. t.
1. To force a current of air upon with the mouth, or by other
means; as, to blow the fire.
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2. To drive by a current air; to impel; as, the tempest blew
the ship ashore.
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Off at sea northeast winds blow
Sabean odors from the spicy shore. --Milton.
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3. To cause air to pass through by the action of the mouth,
or otherwise; to cause to sound, as a wind instrument; as,
to blow a trumpet; to blow an organ; to blow a horn.
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Hath she no husband
That will take pains to blow a horn before her?
--Shak.
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Boy, blow the pipe until the bubble rise,
Then cast it off to float upon the skies. --Parnell.
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4. To clear of contents by forcing air through; as, to blow
an egg; to blow one's nose.
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5. To burst, shatter, or destroy by an explosion; -- usually
with up, down, open, or similar adverb; as, to blow up a
building.
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6. To spread by report; to publish; to disclose; to reveal,
intentionally or inadvertently; as, to blow an agent's
cover.
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Through the court his courtesy was blown. --Dryden.
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His language does his knowledge blow. --Whiting.
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7. To form by inflation; to swell by injecting air; as, to
blow bubbles; to blow glass.
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8. To inflate, as with pride; to puff up.
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Look how imagination blows him. --Shak.
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9. To put out of breath; to cause to blow from fatigue; as,
to blow a horse. --Sir W. Scott.
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10. To deposit eggs or larv[ae] upon, or in (meat, etc.).
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To suffer
The flesh fly blow my mouth. --Shak.
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11. To perform an act of fellatio on; to stimulate another's
penis with one's mouth; -- usually considered vulgar.
[slang]
[PJC]
12. to smoke (e. g. marijuana); to blow pot. [colloq.]
[PJC]
13. to botch; to bungle; as, he blew his chance at a good job
by showing up late for the interview. [colloq.]
[PJC]
14. to leave; to depart from; as, to blow town. [slang]
[PJC]
15. to squander; as, he blew his inheritance gambling.
[colloq.]
[PJC]
To blow great guns, to blow furiously and with roaring
blasts; -- said of the wind at sea or along the coast.
To blow off, to empty (a boiler) of water through the
blow-off pipe, while under steam pressure; also, to eject
(steam, water, sediment, etc.) from a boiler.
To blow one's own trumpet, to vaunt one's own exploits, or
sound one's own praises.
To blow out, to extinguish by a current of air, as a
candle.
To blow up.
(a) To fill with air; to swell; as, to blow up a bladder
or bubble.
(b) To inflate, as with pride, self-conceit, etc.; to
puff up; as, to blow one up with flattery. "Blown up
with high conceits engendering pride." --Milton.
(c) To excite; as, to blow up a contention.
(d) To burst, to raise into the air, or to scatter, by an
explosion; as, to blow up a fort.
(e) To scold violently; as, to blow up a person for some
offense. [Colloq.]
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I have blown him up well -- nobody can say I
wink at what he does. --G. Eliot.
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To blow upon.
(a) To blast; to taint; to bring into discredit; to
render stale, unsavory, or worthless.
(b) To inform against. [Colloq.]
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How far the very custom of hearing anything
spouted withers and blows upon a fine passage,
may be seen in those speeches from
[Shakespeare's] Henry V. which are current in
the mouths of schoolboys. --C. Lamb.
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A lady's maid whose character had been blown
upon. --Macaulay.
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gunshot
(wn) | gunshot
n 1: the act of shooting a gun; "the gunfire endangered innocent
bystanders"; "they retreated in the face of withering enemy
fire" [syn: gunfire, gunshot] |
gunsight
(wn) | gunsight
n 1: a sight used for aiming a gun [syn: gunsight, {gun-
sight}] |
gunslinger
(wn) | gunslinger
n 1: a professional killer who uses a gun [syn: gunman,
gunslinger, hired gun, gun, gun for hire,
triggerman, hit man, hitman, torpedo, shooter] |
gunsmith
(wn) | gunsmith
n 1: someone who makes or repairs guns |
gunstock
(wn) | gunstock
n 1: the handle of a handgun or the butt end of a rifle or
shotgun or part of the support of a machine gun or
artillery gun; "the rifle had been fitted with a special
stock" [syn: stock, gunstock] |
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