Cannon

( Mech.) A hollow cylinder through which a revolving shaft pa es, as the prolonged eye of a wheel when bored to fit a spindle or shaft on which it it is intended to work loosely. (Billiards.) Act of hitting two or more balls with the ball propelled by the cue; a carrom; a carambole. Can'non, in Michigan , a village and township of Kent co., 30 m. N.N.W. of Hastings. Cannon, in Minnesota, a township of Rice co., intersected by the Cannon River. Cannon, in Tenne ee, a central co.; area , 220 sq. m. It is drained by Stones River and the Caney Fork of Cumber land River; surface , uneven; soil , productive; cap . Woodbury.