piece of artillery
81Napier, John — born 1550, Merchiston Castle, near Edinburgh, Scot. died April 4, 1617, Merchiston Castle Scottish mathematician and champion of Protestantism. He divided his life between attacks on the church of Rome and the pursuit of numerical calculations.… …
82bombarde — ▪ musical instrument English bombard , German Pumhart , or Pommer double reed wind instrument belonging to the oboe or shawm family. It has a wooden body ranging from 10 to 20 inches (25 to 50 cm), usually with six finger holes and one… …
83cannoneer — noun A person who tends and operates a piece of artillery, especially a cannon. Luckily, the cannoneer was only mildly injured when his cannon malfunctioned …
84門 — 【문】 문; 집; 지체 벌열; 문을 공격하다 두 개의 문짝을 닫아 놓은 모양을 본뜬 글자. 門부 0획 (총8획) [1] [n] gate; door; entrance; opening [2] [n] family; clan [3] [n] sect; school; gang [4] [n] class; category [5] the key; turning point [6] a piece of (artillery) ; cannon [7] gate… …
85cannon — noun 1》 (plural usu. same) a large, heavy piece of artillery formerly used in warfare. ↘an automatic heavy gun that fires shells from an aircraft or tank. 2》 Billiards & Snooker, chiefly Brit. a stroke in which the cue ball strikes two balls… …
86elevate — [ ɛlɪveɪt] verb 1》 lift to a higher position. ↘(of a priest) hold up (a consecrated host or chalice) for adoration. ↘Military raise the axis of (a piece of artillery) to increase its range. 2》 raise to a more important or impressive level …
87gun carriage — noun a wheeled support for a piece of artillery …
88pepperbox — noun 1》 a gun or piece of artillery with a revolving set of barrels. 2》 archaic a pepper pot …
89cannon — 1. noun a Civil War cannon sits near the entrance to the armory Syn: mounted gun, field gun, piece of artillery; mortar, howitzer; historical culverin, falconet 2. verb the couple behind cannoned into us Syn: collide with, hit, run into, crash… …
90engine — en•gine [[t]ˈɛn dʒən[/t]] n. 1) mac a machine for converting thermal energy into mechanical energy or power to produce force and motion 2) rai a railroad locomotive 3) fire engine 4) mac any mechanical contrivance 5) mil a machine or instrument… …
