Zumbooruk: alternatives and connections

The nutlike seed of the areca palm, chewed in the East with betel leaves (whence its name) and shell lime.

A shell; esp. a spherical shell, like those fired from mortars. See Shell.

The movable piece which closes the breech of a breech-loading firearm, and resists the backward force of the discharge. It is withdraw…

A mixture of shot, nails, stones, pieces of old iron, etc., fired from a cannon at short range, in an emergency.

A large ruminant used in Asia and Africa for carrying burdens and for riding. The camel is remarkable for its ability to go a long tim…

Having a back like a camel; humpbacked.

Of camel's hair.

A woven fabric originally made of camel's hair, now chiefly of goat's hair and silk, or of wool and cotton.

A kind of short cannon, formerly in use, designed to throw a large projectile with small velocity, used for the purpose of breaking or…

The projection in rear of the breech of a cannon, usually a knob or breeching loop connected with the gun by a neck. In old writers it…

A bombproof chamber, usually of masonry, in which cannon may be placed, to be fired through embrasures; or one capable of being used a…

The part of a cannon from the reenforce or the trunnions to the swell of the muzzle. See Cannon.

The tumid upper lip of certain mammals, as of a camel.

A special breed of the dromedary used for rapid traveling; the swift camel; -- called also herire, and maharik.

The Arabian camel (Camelus dromedarius), having one hump or protuberance on the back, in distinction from the Bactrian camel, which ha…

Toward the rising sun; or toward the point where the sun rises when in the equinoctial; as, the east gate; the east border; the east s…

To cause to explode; as, to fire a torpedo; to disharge; as, to fire a musket or cannon; to fire cannon balls, rockets, etc.

An American machine gun, consisting of a cluster of barrels which, being revolved by a crank, are automatically loaded and fired.