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can⋅non

  [kan-uhn] noun, plural -nons, (especially collectively) -non, verb
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–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.
a. cannon bone.
b. the part of the leg in which the cannon bone is situated.
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
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Can⋅non

  [kan-uhn]
–noun
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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can·non   (kān'ən)   
n.   pl. cannon or can·nons

  1. A large mounted weapon that fires heavy projectiles. Cannon include guns, howitzers, and mortars.

  2. The loop at the top of a bell by which it is hung.

  3. A round bit for a horse.

  4. Zoology The section of the lower leg in some hoofed mammals between the hock or knee and the fetlock, containing the cannon bone.

  5. Chiefly British A carom made in billiards.

v.   can·noned, can·non·ing, can·nons

v.   tr.

  1. To bombard with cannon.

  2. Chiefly British To cause to carom in billiards.

v.   intr.

  1. To fire cannon.

  2. Chiefly British To make a carom in billiards.


[Middle English canon, from Old French, from Old Italian cannone, augmentative of canna, tube, from Latin, reed; see cane.]
Can·non   (kān'ən)   
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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Slang Dictionary
cannon

  1. n.
    a gun; a revolver. (Underworld.) : Rocko pulled out his cannon and aimed it at Marlowe's throat.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

cannon 
1400, from O.Fr. canon, from It. cannone "large tube," augmentive of L. canna (see cane). Cannon-fodder (1891) translates Ger. kanonenfutter (cf. Shakespeare's food for powder in I Hen. IV). Cannon-ball is from 1663.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: can·non
Pronunciation: 'kan-&n
Function: noun
: the part of the leg in which the cannon bone is found
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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