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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. |
[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. |
| 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.] |
| 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. |
| Cannon (kān'ən) Pronunciation Key
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. |