Gun

gun, n. a firearm or weapon, from which balls oi other pinjcililua arc discharged, usually by means of gunpuwdti now, generally applied to cannon IFty dub., peril from W gwn, a bowl, gnu (a gun Gun barrel, gun'-bar'el, w. the bairel oi tube of Gunboat, gun'bfit, u. a boat m small ve el of light diaiiglu, lilted to carr> one or more guns. Gun carriage, gun' k.u'ij, n a carnage on which a gun or (.union suppmted Gun cotton, guu'-ko t'n, n cotton rendered highly explosive like gunpowder. [by a ship of war. Gunnage, gim'uj, n the ntimhei of gnus carried Gunner, gun’ei, u. one* who works a gun or cannon ‘mint a petty o/fk er who has charge of the erdmiute on board slup Gunnory, gimVr-i, n tiie art of managing guns, or lenee ol artillery Gunny, guu'i, n a strong coarse clnth manufactured hi India from jute, and used as sacking [Prob. a native woid Gunpowder, gun'pow-dir. an explosive powder used for gnus and firearms Gunshot, gim's hot, n the distance to which shot can thrown from a gun —adj. caused by the shot of a gun. Gunsmith,"gmi's nuth, u a smith or workman who ni iki or lepairs guns or small-aims. GunBtOck, gun's lok, n the stock or piece of wood on whi' h the barrel oi a gun fixed Gunwale, gun'cl, u the. mate or Upper edge of a slap's side next to tlu* bulwarks, so called because the upper guns are pointed fiom [See Wale