Definition of Cannan
Can"non (?), n.; pl.
Cannons (#), collectively
Cannon. [F. cannon, fr. L. canna
reed, pipe, tube. See Cane.] 1. A
great gun; a piece of ordnance or artillery; a firearm for
discharging heavy shot with great force.
&fist; Cannons are made of various materials, as iron, brass,
bronze, and steel, and of various sizes and shapes with respect
to the special service for which they are intended, as intended,
as siege, seacoast, naval, field, or mountain, guns. They always
aproach more or less nearly to a cylindrical from, being usually
thicker toward the breech than at the muzzle. Formerly they were
cast hollow, afterwards they were cast, solid, and bored out. The
cannon now most in use for the armament of war vessels and for
seacoast defense consists of a forged steel tube reinforced with
massive steel rings shrunk upon it. Howitzers and mortars are
sometimes called cannon. See Gun.
2. (Mech.) A hollow cylindrical
piece carried by a revolving shaft, on which it may, however,
revolve independently.
3. (Printing.) A kind of type. See
Canon.
Cannon ball, strictly, a round solid
missile of stone or iron made to be fired from a cannon, but now
often applied to a missile of any shape, whether solid or hollow,
made for cannon. Elongated and cylindrical missiles are sometimes
called bolts; hollow ones charged with explosives are
properly called shells. -- Cannon
bullet, a cannon ball. [Obs.] --
Cannon cracker, a fire cracker of large
size. -- Cannon lock, a device for
firing a cannon by a percussion primer. -- Cannon
metal. See Gun Metal. -- Cannon
pinion, the pinion on the minute hand arbor of a
watch or clock, which drives the hand but permits it to be moved
in setting. -- Cannon proof,
impenetrable by cannon balls. -- Cannon
shot. (a) A cannon ball.
(b) The range of a cannon.
Can"non, n. & v. (Billiards)
See Carom. [Eng.]
Can"non, v. i. 1.
To discharge cannon.
2. To collide or strike violently, esp. so as
to glance off or rebound; to strike and rebound.
He heard the right-hand goal post crack as a pony
cannoned into it -- crack, splinter, and fall like a
mast. Kipling.
Can"non, v. i. 1.
To discharge cannon.
2. To collide or strike violently, esp. so as
to glance off or rebound; to strike and rebound.
He heard the right-hand goal post crack as a pony
cannoned into it -- crack, splinter, and fall like a
mast. Kipling.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
CANNON, n. An instrument employed in the rectification of national
boundaries.
- 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
- A complete assembly, consisting of an artillery tube and a breech mechanism, firing mechanism or base cap, which is a component of a gun, howitzer or mortar. It may include muzzle appendages.
- historical: a large muzzle-loading artillery piece
- modern: a large-bore machine gun
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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