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Cannon

of Cannon

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Broader term 7

Artillery 76% connected

Munitions of war; implements for warfare, as slings, bows, and arrows.

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Discharge 76% connected

To relieve of a charge, load, or burden; to empty of a load or cargo; to unburden; to unload; as, to discharge a vessel.

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Gun 76% connected

of Gin

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Hit 76% connected

It.

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Ordnance 76% connected

Heavy weapons of warfare; cannon, or great guns, mortars, and howitzers; artillery; sometimes, a general term for all weapons and appliances used in…

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Shot 76% connected

of Shoot

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Stroke 76% connected

Struck.

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Narrower term 4

Basilisk 76% connected

A fabulous serpent, or dragon. The ancients alleged that its hissing would drive away all other serpents, and that its breath, and even its look, was…

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Culverin 76% connected

A long cannon of the 16th century, usually an 18-pounder with serpent-shaped handles.

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Rerebrace 76% connected

Armor for the upper part of the arm.

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Vambrace 76% connected

The piece designed to protect the arm from the elbow to the wrist.

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Derivationally related 4

Cannoneer 74% connected

Alt. of Cannonier

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Cannoneer 74% connected

Alt. of Cannonier

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Carom 74% connected

A shot in which the ball struck with the cue comes in contact with two or more balls on the table; a hitting of two or more balls with the player's b…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Carom 74% connected

A shot in which the ball struck with the cue comes in contact with two or more balls on the table; a hitting of two or more balls with the player's b…

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Containing whole 5

Billiards 70% connected

A game played with ivory balls o a cloth-covered, rectangular table, bounded by elastic cushions. The player seeks to impel his ball with his cue so…

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Cataphract 70% connected

Defensive armor used for the whole body and often for the horse, also, esp. the linked mail or scale armor of some eastern nations.

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Pool 70% connected

A small and rather deep collection of (usually) fresh water, as one supplied by a spring, or occurring in the course of a stream; a reservoir for wat…

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Tank 70% connected

A small Indian dry measure, averaging 240 grains in weight; also, a Bombay weight of 72 grains, for pearls.

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Ungulate 70% connected

Shaped like a hoof.

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Carom 92% connected

A shot in which the ball struck with the cue comes in contact with two or more balls on the table; a hitting of two or more balls with the player's b…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Shank 92% connected

See Chank.

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