can⋅non
[kan-uh
n] 
noun, plural -nons, (especially collectively
) -non, verb | 1. | a mounted gun for firing heavy projectiles; a gun, howitzer, or mortar. |
| 2. | British Machinery. quill (def. 10). |
| 3. | Armor. a cylindrical or semicylindrical piece of plate armor for the upper arm or forearm; a vambrace or rerebrace. |
| 4. | Also called cannon bit, canon bit. a round bit for a horse. |
| 5. | the part of a bit that is in the horse's mouth. |
| 6. | (on a bell) the metal loop by which a bell is hung. |
| 7. | Zoology.
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| 8. | British. a carom in billiards. |
| 9. | Underworld Slang. a pickpocket. |
| 10. | to discharge cannon. |
| 11. | British. to make a carom in billiards. |
1375–1425 (earlier in AL, AF); late ME canon < MF < It cannone, equiv. to cann(a) tube (< L; see cane ) + -one aug. suffix
| Spanish: | cañón, | German: | die Kanone, | Japanese: | 大砲 |
Can⋅non
[kan-uhn] | 1. | Annie Jump
[juhmp] , 1863–1941, U.S. astronomer. |
| 2. | Joseph Gur⋅ney
[gur-nee] , (“Uncle Joe”), 1836–1926, U.S. politician and legislator. |
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n. pl. cannon or can·nons
v. tr.
[Middle English canon, from Old French, from Old Italian cannone, augmentative of canna, tube, from Latin, reed; see cane.] |
| Can·non
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American astronomer noted for her work on classifying stellar spectra. |
| Cannon, Joseph Gurney Known as "Uncle Joe." 1836-1926.
American politician who as Republican speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives (1903-1911) was known for his strongly partisan and autocratic use of authority. |
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| cannon | |
noun | |
| 1. | a large artillery gun that is usually on wheels |
| 2. | heavy gun fired from a tank |
| 3. | (Middle Ages) a cylindrical piece of armor plate to protect the arm |
| 4. | heavy automatic gun fired from an airplane |
| 5. | lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals |
| 6. | a shot in billiards in which the cue ball contacts one object ball and then the other [syn: carom] |
verb | |
| 1. | make a cannon |
| 2. | fire a cannon |
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American astronomer noted for her work on classifying stellar spectra. Cannon classified the spectra of 225,300 stars brighter than magnitude 8.5, as well as 130,000 fainter stars.
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Main Entry: can·non
Pronunciation: 'kan-&n
Function: noun
: the part of the leg in which the cannon bone is found
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Cannon Falls, MN (city, FIPS 09730)
Location: (44.510184, -92.904451)
Population (2000): 3,795 (1,611 housing units)
Area: 4.009767 sq mi (land), 0.064061 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 55009
Cannon Ball, ND (township, FIPS 04111980)
Location: (46.342903, -102.109435)
Population (2000): 60 (33 housing units)
Area: 35.945477 sq mi (land), 0.000000 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 58528
Cannon Falls, MN (township, FIPS 04909748)
Location: (44.498558, -92.871248)
Population (2000): 1,236 (427 housing units)
Area: 33.902908 sq mi (land), 0.000000 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 55009
Cannon Falls, MN (city, FIPS 04909730)
Location: (44.510184, -92.904451)
Population (2000): 3,795 (1,611 housing units)
Area: 4.009767 sq mi (land), 0.064061 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 55009
Cannon Beach, OR (city, FIPS 10850)
Location: (45.889155, -123.960738)
Population (2000): 1,588 (1,641 housing units)
Area: 1.488522 sq mi (land), 0.000000 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 97110
Cannon Ball, ND (CDP, FIPS 12020)
Location: (46.249361, -100.638672)
Population (2000): 864 (208 housing units)
Area: 88.423610 sq mi (land), 8.390174 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 58528
Cannon City, MN (township, FIPS 13109712)
Location: (44.320252, -93.231100)
Population (2000): 1,212 (429 housing units)
Area: 30.647935 sq mi (land), 0.173908 sq mi (water)
Cannon AFB, NM (CDP, FIPS 10750)
Location: (34.398317, -103.327854)
Population (2000): 2,557 (1,087 housing units)
Area: 5.307412 sq mi (land), 0.014318 sq mi (water)
Cannon, TN (County, FIPS 015)
Location: (35.811388, -86.064304)
Population (2000): 12,826 (5,420 housing units)
Area: 265.643433 sq mi (land), 0.063764 sq mi (water)
Cannon, MI (township, FIPS 08113080)
Location: (43.069569, -85.487742)
Population (2000): 12,075 (4,174 housing units)
Area: 35.886564 sq mi (land), 1.219921 sq mi (water)
Cannon, MN (township, FIPS 06909676)
Location: (48.825328, -96.607432)
Population (2000): 22 (21 housing units)
Area: 35.743310 sq mi (land), 0.000000 sq mi (water)
North Cannon, TN (CCD, FIPS 01592472)
Location: (35.884232, -86.060063)
Population (2000): 3,624 (1,510 housing units)
Area: 115.106235 sq mi (land), 0.018870 sq mi (water)
South Cannon, TN (CCD, FIPS 01593104)
Location: (35.793126, -86.083185)
Population (2000): 6,117 (2,671 housing units)
Area: 95.130032 sq mi (land), 0.000000 sq mi (water)
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Cannon
Can"non\, n.; pl. Cannons, collectively Cannon. [F. cannon, fr. L. canna reed, pipe, tube. See Cane.]1. A great gun; a piece of ordnance or artillery; a firearm for discharging heavy shot with great force. Note: Cannons are made of various materials, as iron, brass, bronze, and steel, and of various sizes and shapes with respect to the special service for which they are intended, as intended, as siege, seacoast, naval, field, or mountain, guns. They always aproach more or less nearly to a cylindrical from, being usually thicker toward the breech than at the muzzle. Formerly they were cast hollow, afterwards they were cast, solid, and bored out. The cannon now most in use for the armament of war vessels and for seacoast defense consists of a forged steel tube reinforced with massive steel rings shrunk upon it. Howitzers and mortars are sometimes called cannon. See Gun. 2. (Mech.) A hollow cylindrical piece carried by a revolving shaft, on which it may, however, revolve independently. 3. (Printing.) A kind of type. See Canon. Cannon ball, strictly, a round solid missile of stone or iron made to be fired from a cannon, but now often applied to a missile of any shape, whether solid or hollow, made for cannon. Elongated and cylindrical missiles are sometimes called bolts; hollow ones charged with explosives are properly called shells. Cannon bullet, a cannon ball. [Obs.] Cannon cracker, a fire cracker of large size. Cannon lock, a device for firing a cannon by a percussion primer. Cannon metal. See Gun Metal. Cannon pinion, the pinion on the minute hand arbor of a watch or clock, which drives the hand but permits it to be moved in setting. Cannon proof, impenetrable by cannon balls. Cannon shot. (a) A cannon ball. (b) The range of a cannon.Cannon
Can"non\, v. i. 1. To discharge cannon. 2. To collide or strike violently, esp. so as to glance off or rebound; to strike and rebound. He heard the right-hand goal post crack as a pony cannoned into it -- crack, splinter, and fall like a mast. --Kipling.Cite This Source
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