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Cannons - 2 dictionary results
can⋅non
[kan-uh
n] 
noun, plural -nons, (especially collectively) -non, verb –noun
| 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. |
–verb (used without object)
| 10. | to discharge cannon. |
| 11. | British. to make a carom in billiards. |
Origin:
1375–1425 (earlier in AL, AF); late ME canon < MF < It cannone, equiv. to cann(a) tube (< L; see cane ) + -one aug. suffix
1375–1425 (earlier in AL, AF); late ME canon < MF < It cannone, equiv. to cann(a) tube (< L; see cane ) + -one aug. suffix
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Link To Cannons
| can·non (kān'ən) 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.] |
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