gunpowder press (gunpouderpres)

In gunpowder - manuf., a pre for compacting millcake or dust-powder into hard cakes preparatory to granulating. A form in use consists of a box in which the powder is placed between a series of upright plates, the pre ure being applied by means of a follower actuated by a horizontal screw. E. H. Knight. gun-reach (gun'rech), n. Gunshot; the dis Sydney Smith. Naut., an apartment lower gun-deck of a tance a gun will carry. gun-room (gun'röm), n. on the after part of the man-of-war, devoted to the use of the junior officers. gun-searcher (gun'sèr" chèr), n. An instrument used to search for defects in the bore of a cannon. As formerly made, it consisted of a staff with one or more projecting prongs. As now constructed, it consists of an arrangement of mirrors with a telescope. Light being reflected into all parts of the bore, it is carefully examined for defects with the telescope. Also called bore-searcher. gunshot (gun's hot), n. and a. I. n. 1t. Collectively, projectiles for cannon; solid shot. An Albanese fled to the enemies campe, and warned them not to go, for the gunshot was nigh wasted. Hakluyt's Voyages , II. 85. 2. The reach or range of a gun; the distance to which shot can be thrown from a cannon so as to be effective; mil it., the length of the point blank range of a cannon-shot. Luxemburg retired to a spot which was out of gun - shot, and summoned a few of his chief officers to a consultation. Macaulay, Hist. Eng., xx. a cannon. 3. In her., a roundel sable.-4. The firing of And fill Heaven and Earth with shouting, singing, hal lowing, gun - shot and fire-workes all that night. Purchas , Pilgrimage, p. 269. II. a. Made by the shot of a gun: as, a gun shot wound. gun-shy (gun's hi), a. Afraid of a gun; frightened by the report of a gun: said of a field-dog. Setters and pointers become gun - shy after reaching their fourth to sixth year. Sportsman's Gazetteer , p. 469. gun-shyne (gun's hi" nes), n. The state of being gun-shy. gun-slide (gun'slīd), n. In naval gun., the cha is on which the top-carriage carrying the gun slides in recoiling.