Cannon

kan′un, 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. [Fr. canon , from L. canna , a reed.]