gunnery

[Eng. gunner; -y.] That branch of science which deals with the construction of guns, the mode of firing them under various cir cum stances, the quality of the material of which they are made, size, form, and material of the projectile, quality and quantity of the charge, elevation to be given to the gun, .; the science of artillery. "From the first rude e ays of clubs and stones, to the present perfection of gunnery." - Burke: Vindic. of National Society. gŭn-niě, s. [Etym. doubtful.] Mining: 1. A large, open, excavated space in a mine. 2. In Cornish, a term applied to breadth or width; single gunnies are three feet wide. gŭn'-ning, s. [GUN, v.] The act of shooting or hunting game with a gun.