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A man-of-war having two gun decks.

A mucilage obtained from, or containing, gun tragacanth.

To enlarge the bore of a gun barrel by drawing, instead of thrusting, a revolving tool through it.

itish battleship, completed in 1906 -- 1907, having an armament consisting of ten 12-inch guns, and of twenty-four 12-pound quick-fire guns for protection against torpedo boats. This was the first battleship of the type characterized by a main armament of big guns all of the same caliber. She has a displacement of 17,9…

ur, etc., on, as on roasting meat. Beau. & Fl. Dredging box. (a) Same as 2d Dredger. (b) (Gun.) A copper box with a perforated lid; -- used for sprinkling meal powder over shell fuses. Farrow.

An upright or curved piece of timber connecting the plank sheer with the gunwale; also, a scroll terminating a rail.

ing axle. See Illust. of Locomotive. -- Driving note (Mus.), a syncopated note; a tone begun on a weak part of a measure and held through the next accented part, thus anticipating the accent and driving it through. -- Driving spring, a spring fixed upon the box of the driving axle of a locomotive engine to support th…

To lower, as a curtain, or the muzzle of a gun, etc.

One of the dowels joining the ends of the fellies which form the circle of the wheel of a gun carriage. Wilhelm.

ghts nine times nine Shall he dwindle, peak and pine. Shak. Religious societies, though begun with excellent intentions, are said to have dwindled into factious clubs. Swift.

ver the question of papal supremacy and the doctrine of the filioque, and a separation, begun in the latter part of the 9th century, became final in 1054. The Eastern Church consists of twelve (thirteen if the Bulgarian Church be included) mutually independent churches (including among these the Hellenic Church, or Chu…

Made of elder. [Obs.] He would discharge us as boys do eldern guns. Marston.

to detract from; to disparage. [A Latin meaning] [Obs.] Jer. Taylor. To elevate a piece (Gun.), to raise the muzzle; to lower the breech.

An apparatus for testing or proving the strength of gunpowder.

ood . . . erodes the vessels." Wiseman. The smaller charge is more apt to . . . erode the gun. Am. Cyc.

suddenly expanded into a great volume of gas or vapor; to burst violently into flame; as gunpowder explodes.

which causes the sudden formation of a great volume of expanded gas; as, the explosion of gunpowder, of fire damp,etc.

ng or bursting out with violence and noise; causing explosion; as, the explosive force of gunpowder.

A fire kindled in a public place in token of joy; a bonfire; a firing of guns in token of joy.

r the raw material, such as cotton, flax, hemp, etc., used in textile manufactures. Fiber gun, a kind of steam gun for converting, wood, straw, etc., into fiber. The material is shut up in the gun with steam, air, or gas at a very high pressure which is afterward relieved suddenly by letting a lid at the muzzle fly ope…