Smoothbore: alternatives and connections

Of the nature of, or resembling, the white of the eye, or of an egg; albuminous; -- a term applied to textures, humors, etc., which ar…

Near correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate; as, approximate results or values.

harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design); "in all perfectly beautiful objects there is…

To sound with more or less rapid alternations of greater and less intensity, so as to produce a pulsating effect; -- said of instrumen…

To make a hole or perforation with, or as with, a boring instrument; to cut a circular hole by the rotary motion of a tool; as, to bor…

To cause to shine; to make smooth and bright; to polish; specifically, to polish by rubbing with something hard and smooth; as, to bur…

That part of the bore of a piece of ordnance which holds the charge, esp. when of different diameter from the rest of the bore; -- for…

Extending far below the surface; of great perpendicular dimension (measured from the surface downward, and distinguished from high, wh…

A wave, or two or three successive waves, of great height and violence, at flood tide moving up an estuary or river; -- commonly calle…

To make the surface of (anything) flat or smooth; to dress the face of (a stone, a casting, etc.); esp., in turning, to shape or smoot…

Smooth and shining; reflecting luster from a smooth surface; highly polished; lustrous; as, glossy silk; a glossy surface.

A process for producing a design upon a surface in relief so that it can be printed from. Prepared chalk or oxide of zinc is pressed u…

To smooth with an instrument of iron; especially, to smooth, as cloth, with a heated flatiron; -- sometimes used with out.

In any surface prepared with indentations, perforations, or grooves, that part of the surface which is not so treated, as the level pa…

Having smooth, or nearly smooth, hair.

A line or surface to which, at every point, a vertical or plumb line is perpendicular; a line or surface which is everywhere parallel…

To bore through; to pierce through with a pointed instrument; to make a hole or holes through by boring or piercing; to pierce or pene…

A block or plate having a perfectly flat surface, used as a standard of flatness; a surface plate.