CANNON, CANNONBALL
NOUNS
– a 105mm wheeled cannon capable of shooting shells at a high angle DIME-NICKEL 1991 US sl.
– a cannon BARKER 1842 sl.
– a cannon BOMBARD Bk1911 Sc.
– a cannon GROWLER 1860 Amer. sl.
– a cannonball FATAL PILL 20C Amer. sl., World War I usage
– a cannonball PILL c1626
– a cannonball; a stone used for the shot of a cannon or gun; a bullet GUNSTONE c1450 obs.
– a cannonball; something thrown or fired with force; a bullet; a flying missile DINGBAT 1877 Amer. dial.
– a cannon designed to fire atomic shells AMAZON ANNIE 1958 US sl.
– a cannon-shot CRACK 1487 obs.
– a large cannon, generally made of brass, and throwing a shot of about 200 pounds weight BASILISK 1577
– a small cannon YETLING 1566 Sc. obs.
– a small cannon or petard PUTTER 1646 Sc. arch.
– cannonballs NIGGER BABIES M19 US sl., derogatory
– cannon-shot BOMBARD-SHOT Bk1911 Sc.
– the bed or carriage of a cannon CRADLE 1497 obs.
– the smallest kind of cannon used in the 16th-17th centuries; diameter of bore 1.25 in., weight 200 lb., weight of shot 0.5lb BASE 1544 obs.
– the sound of cannon-firing BARK 1871
NOUNS, PERSON
1344 ► GUNNER a person whose office it is work a cannon
VERBS
1475 ► SMITE to fire a cannon → obs. rare
1775 ► PRICK to tamp powder into a touch hole of a cannon → US
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