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Cannon
Cannon Can"non, v. i.
1. To discharge cannon.
2. To collide or strike violently, esp. so as to glance off
or rebound; to strike and rebound.
He heard the right-hand goal post crack as a pony
cannoned into it -- crack, splinter, and fall like a
mast. --Kipling.
CannonCannon Can"non, n. & v. (Billiards)
See Carom. [Eng.] CannonCannon Can"non, n.; pl. Cannons, collectively Cannon. [F.
cannon, fr. L. canna reed, pipe, tube. See Cane.]
1. A great gun; a piece of ordnance or artillery; a firearm
for discharging heavy shot with great force.
Note: Cannons are made of various materials, as iron, brass,
bronze, and steel, and of various sizes and shapes with
respect to the special service for which they are
intended, as intended, as siege, seacoast, naval,
field, or mountain, guns. They always aproach more or
less nearly to a cylindrical from, being usually
thicker toward the breech than at the muzzle. Formerly
they were cast hollow, afterwards they were cast,
solid, and bored out. The cannon now most in use for
the armament of war vessels and for seacoast defense
consists of a forged steel tube reinforced with massive
steel rings shrunk upon it. Howitzers and mortars are
sometimes called cannon. See Gun.
2. (Mech.) A hollow cylindrical piece carried by a revolving
shaft, on which it may, however, revolve independently.
3. (Printing.) A kind of type. See Canon.
Cannon ball, strictly, a round solid missile of stone or
iron made to be fired from a cannon, but now often applied
to a missile of any shape, whether solid or hollow, made
for cannon. Elongated and cylindrical missiles are
sometimes called bolts; hollow ones charged with
explosives are properly called shells.
Cannon bullet, a cannon ball. [Obs.]
Cannon cracker, a fire cracker of large size.
Cannon lock, a device for firing a cannon by a percussion
primer.
Cannon metal. See Gun Metal.
Cannon pinion, the pinion on the minute hand arbor of a
watch or clock, which drives the hand but permits it to be
moved in setting.
Cannon proof, impenetrable by cannon balls.
Cannon shot.
(a) A cannon ball.
(b) The range of a cannon. CannonCannon Can"non, n.; pl. Cannons, collectively Cannon. [F.
cannon, fr. L. canna reed, pipe, tube. See Cane.]
1. A great gun; a piece of ordnance or artillery; a firearm
for discharging heavy shot with great force.
Note: Cannons are made of various materials, as iron, brass,
bronze, and steel, and of various sizes and shapes with
respect to the special service for which they are
intended, as intended, as siege, seacoast, naval,
field, or mountain, guns. They always aproach more or
less nearly to a cylindrical from, being usually
thicker toward the breech than at the muzzle. Formerly
they were cast hollow, afterwards they were cast,
solid, and bored out. The cannon now most in use for
the armament of war vessels and for seacoast defense
consists of a forged steel tube reinforced with massive
steel rings shrunk upon it. Howitzers and mortars are
sometimes called cannon. See Gun.
2. (Mech.) A hollow cylindrical piece carried by a revolving
shaft, on which it may, however, revolve independently.
3. (Printing.) A kind of type. See Canon.
Cannon ball, strictly, a round solid missile of stone or
iron made to be fired from a cannon, but now often applied
to a missile of any shape, whether solid or hollow, made
for cannon. Elongated and cylindrical missiles are
sometimes called bolts; hollow ones charged with
explosives are properly called shells.
Cannon bullet, a cannon ball. [Obs.]
Cannon cracker, a fire cracker of large size.
Cannon lock, a device for firing a cannon by a percussion
primer.
Cannon metal. See Gun Metal.
Cannon pinion, the pinion on the minute hand arbor of a
watch or clock, which drives the hand but permits it to be
moved in setting.
Cannon proof, impenetrable by cannon balls.
Cannon shot.
(a) A cannon ball.
(b) The range of a cannon.
Meaning of Cannoned from wikipedia
- A
cannon is a large-caliber gun
classified as a type of artillery,
which usually launches a
projectile using explosive chemical propellant.
Gunpowder ("black...
- (thirteen bravo) M.O.S. (military
occupational specialty code), a "
cannon crewmember" or "
cannoneer" for short.
These "artillery-men"
support infantry units in...
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Nicholas Scott Cannon (born
October 8, 1980) is an
American comedian,
television host, actor, and rapper. In television, he
began as a
teenager on All...
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Cannon A waves, or
cannon atrial waves, are
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occasionally in the
jugular vein of
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certain cardiac arrhythmias. When the
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- The
Oerlikon 20 mm
cannon is a
series of
autocannons based on an
original German Becker Type M2 20 mm
cannon design that
appeared very
early in World...
- Dyan
Cannon (born
Samille Diane Friesen;
January 4, 1937) is an
American actress,
filmmaker and editor. Her
accolades include a
Saturn Award, a Golden...
-
Alexander or Alex
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- The
Great Cannon of
China is an
Internet attack tool that is used by the
Chinese government to
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attacks on websites...
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unpredictable manner.
Loose Cannon or
Loose Cannons may also
refer to:
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- The
history of
cannons spans several hundred years from the 12th
century to
modern times. The
cannon first appeared in
China sometime during the 12th...
