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A logarithmic line on Gunter's scale, used for performing the multiplication and division of numbers mechanically by the dividers; -- called also line of lines, and line of numbers.
A scale invented by the Rev. Edmund Gunter (1581-1626), a professor of astronomy at Gresham College, London, who invented also Gunter's chain, and Gunter's quadrant.
Alt. of Gunny cloth
A breech-loading steel cannon manufactured at the works of Friedrich Krupp, at Essen in Prussia. Guns of over eight-inch bore are made up of several concentric cylinders; those of a smaller size are forged solid.
The chain ordinarily used in measuring land. See Chain, n., 4, and Gunter's scale.
A thin quadrant, made of brass, wood, etc., showing a stereographic projection on the plane of the equator. By it are found the hour of the day, the sun's azimuth, the altitude of objects in degrees, etc. See Gunter's scale.
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An apartment on the after end of the lower gun deck of a ship of war, usually occupied as a messroom by the commissioned officers, except the captain; -- called wardroom in the United States navy.
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Made by the shot of a gun: as. a gunshot wound.
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A small, eel-shaped, marine fish of the genus Muraenoides; esp., M. gunnellus of Europe and America; -- called also gunnel fish, butterfish, rock eel.
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A gunwale.
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Act of firing a gun; a shot.
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A black, granular, explosive substance, consisting of an intimate mechanical mixture of niter, charcoal, and sulphur. It is used in gunnery and blasting.
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The distance to which shot can be thrown from a gun, so as to be effective; the reach or range of a gun.
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One who works a gun, whether on land or sea; a cannoneer.
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The stock or wood to which the barrel of a hand gun is fastened.
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The reach or distance to which a gun will shoot; gunshot.
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The number of guns carried by a ship of war.
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Alt. of Gunsmith ing
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The act or practice of hunting or shooting game with a gun.
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The art or business of a gunsmith.
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