gunnung (gunung)

[Australian.] A species of gum-tree, Eucalyptus robusta. gunny (gun'i), n.; pl. gunnies (-iz). [Also written gunney; Hind. ganni, gunny, a gunnybag; are exported to the United States. The material is commonly called gunny - cloth, and much of it is made up and exported under the name of gunny - bags. It is also extensively manufactured in Dundee, Scotland. - Gunny of cinnamon, three quarters of a hundredweight. - Gunny of saltpeter, one quarter of a hundredweight. gunny-bags (gun'i-bagz), n. pl. See gunny. gunny-cloth (gun'i-kloth), n. See gunny. gun-pendulum (gun'pen" dū-lum), n. 1. A device for determining the strength of gunpowder. It consists of a box filled with sand-bags, suspended so as to swing freely on receiving the impact of a ball fired from a gun or cannon. See ballistic pendu lum, under ballistic. 2. A small cannon or musket suspended horizontally in a swinging frame furnished with a fixed arc, properly graduated, and a movable pointer, for ascertaining the angular distance through which the gun oscillates in its recoil. The initial velocity of the projectile is calculated from the value of the arc of recoil. This method is now nearly obsolete.