Cannon
['kænən]
Definition
(noun.) lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals.
(noun.) a large artillery gun that is usually on wheels.
(noun.) heavy automatic gun fired from an airplane.
(noun.) (Middle Ages) a cylindrical piece of armor plate to protect the arm.
(noun.) heavy gun fired from a tank.
(verb.) fire a cannon.
(verb.) make a cannon.
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Definition
(pl. ) of Cannon
(n.) A great gun; a piece of ordnance or artillery; a firearm for discharging heavy shot with great force.
(n.) A hollow cylindrical piece carried by a revolving shaft, on which it may, however, revolve independently.
(n.) A kind of type. See Canon.
(n. & v.) See Carom.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Great gun.
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Definition
n. a great gun used in war: a stroke in billiards in which the player hits both the red and his opponent's ball.—v.i. to cannonade: to make a cannon at billiards: to collide.—n. Cannonade′ an attack with cannon.—v.t. to attack or batter with cannon.—ns. Cannonad′ing; Cann′on-ball a ball usually made of cast-iron to be shot from a cannon; Cann′on-bit or Cann′on a smooth round bit; Cann′on-bone the long bone between the knee and the foot of a horse; Cannoneer′ Cannonier′ one who manages cannon; Cann′on-game a form of billiards in which the table having no pockets the game consists in making a series of cannons; Cann′on-met′al an alloy of about 90 parts of copper and 10 of tin from which cannon are manufactured.—adj. Cann′on-proof proof against cannon-shot.—ns. Cann′onry cannonading: artillery; Cann′on-shot a cannon-ball: the distance to which a cannon will throw a ball.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
This dream denotes that one's home and country are in danger of foreign intrusion, from which our youth will suffer from the perils of war. For a young woman to hear or see cannons, denotes she will be a soldier's wife and will have to bid him godspeed as he marches in defense of her and honor. The reader will have to interpret dreams of this character by the influences surrounding him, and by the experiences stored away in his subjective mind. If you have thought about cannons a great deal and you dream of them when there is no war, they are most likely to warn you against struggle and probable defeat. Or if business is manipulated by yourself successful engagements after much worry and ill luck may ensue.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
n. An instrument employed in the rectification of national boundaries.
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Examples
- Pin-pricks hurt more than cannon balls, and incessant worries are far more painful than great calamities. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- We lived at the top of the last house, and the wind rushing up the river shook the house that night, like discharges of cannon, or breakings of a sea. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Rifled cannon were first employed in actual service in Louis Napoleon’s Italian campaign of 1859, and were first introduced in the United States service by General James in 1861. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- A form of breech-loading cannon was introduced in the sixteenth century, but the advantageous use of this device is of late invention. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The feature of importance in the cannon which contributed most to its efficiency was the rifling of the bore with spiral grooves. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Cannon were made of all sizes and calibres, but were not arranged in battle with much precision. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- We had not gone far when three cannon were fired ahead of us with a sound that seemed to burst something inside my ear. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- When the large cannons in the forts on our coast are discharged during target practice, there are usually a lot of windows broken in the nearby houses. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Cannons are subject to great stress in firing, this being of two kinds. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Cannons were fired and much tallow consumed in illumination. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- To return to cannons:--In 1812 Colonel Bomford, an American officer, invented what is called the Columbiad, a kind of cannon best adapted for sea-coast purposes. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
Typist: Stanley