Demiculverin: alternatives and connections

A piece of ordnance carrying a 12 pound shot.

Any solid spherical, cylindrical, or conical projectile of lead or iron, to be discharged from a firearm; as, a cannon ball; a rifle b…

A weight used in the East, varying according to the locality; in Turkey, the greater batman is about 157 pounds, the lesser only a fou…

A weight, at Madras 500 pounds, at Bombay 560 pounds.

A weight used in southern Europe and East for heavy articles. It varies in different localities; thus, at Rome it is nearly 75 pounds,…

Thirty-six pigs of lead, each pig weighing about seventy pounds; -- called also charre.

A weight. A clove of cheese is about eight pounds, of wool, about seven pounds.

A kind of ordnance, carrying a ball weighing from thirty to thirty-six pounds.

The number nine or a group of nine.

A polygon or plane figure with nine sides and nine angles; a nonagon.

A large, northern, marine flatfish (Hippoglossus vulgaris), of the family Pleuronectidae. It often grows very large, weighing more tha…

Holing a ball, whether the object ball (winning hazard) or the player's ball (losing hazard).

A unit of power, used in stating the power required to drive machinery, and in estimating the capabilities of animals or steam engines…

A denomination of weight, containing 100, 112, or 120 pounds avoirdupois, according to differing laws or customs. By the legal standar…

The magnitude of a distributed force, as pressure, stress, weight, etc., per unit of surface, or of volume, as the case may be; as, th…

A large tree, the Artocarpus integrifolia, common in the East Indies, closely allied to the breadfruit, from which it differs in havin…

A very large vulture (Gypaetus barbatus), which inhabits the mountains of Southern Europe, Asia, and Northern Africa. When full-grown…

A stringed instrument formerly much in use. It consists of four parts, namely, the table or front, the body, having nine or ten ribs o…