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Act of firing a gun; a shot.

rrow channel or groove; as, a gutter formed by erosion in the vent of a gun from repeated firing. Gutter member (Arch.), an architectural member made by treating the outside face of the gutter in a decorative fashion, or by crowning it with ornaments, regularly spaced, like a diminutive battlement. -- Gutter plane, a…

That part of a gunlock which strikes the percussion cap, or firing pin; the cock; formerly, however, a piece of steel covering the pan of a flintlock musket and struck by the flint of the cock to ignite the priming.

nds full; to have all one can do. [Obs.] They had their handful to defend themselves from firing. Sir. W. Raleigh.

A large conical brick structure around which the firing kilns are grouped. Knight.

liquid and air, the air when compressed furnishing the power for restoring the gun to the firing position. It is used with some English and European heavy guns.

liquor or ooze is pumped. -- Junk wad (Mil.), a wad used in proving cannon; also used in firing hot shot.

cord, about twelve feet long, with an iron hook at one end a handle at the other, used in firing cannon with a friction tube.

To cover, fill, or affect with lead; as, continuous firing leads the grooves of a rifle.

A pointed forked staff, shod with iron at the foot, to hold a lighted match for firing cannon. [Written also lintstock.]

The match cord formerly used in firing cannon.

fle, with a chamber carrying cartridges which are brought automatically into position for firing. -- Magazine stove, a stove having a chamber for holding fuel which is supplied to the fire by some self-feeding process, as in the common base-burner.

olding matches. -- Match tub, a tub with a perforated cover for holding slow matches for firing cannon, esp. on board ship. The tub contains a little water in the bottom, for extinguishing sparks from the lighted matches. -- Quick match, threads of cotton or cotton wick soaked in a solution of gunpowder mixed with gu…

An old form of gunlock containing a match for firing the priming; hence, a musket fired by means of a match.

s mate; one of the soldiers in a train of artillery, who assisted the gunners in loading, firing, and sponging the guns. [Obs.]

A piece of tinder made of agaric, used in firing the powder hose or train of a mine.

A match used in firing guns or blasting. Field mouse, Flying mouse, etc. See under Field, Flying, etc. -- Mouse bird (Zoöl.), a coly. -- Mouse deer (Zoöl.), a chevrotain, as the kanchil. -- Mouse galago (Zoöl.), a very small West American galago (Galago murinus). In color and size it resembles a mouse. It has a bush…

A battlement in ancient fortifications with interstices for firing through.

to stop (a gun breech) so as to prevent the escape of gas in firing.

Having a firing pin to explode the cartridge; as, a pin-fire rifle.