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GUN'NEL. [See Gunwale .]
GUN'NER, n. One skilled in the use of guns; a cannoneer; an officer appointed to...
GUN'NERY, n. The act of charging, directing and firing guns, as cannon, mortars ...
GUN'NING, n. The act of hunting or shooting game with a gun.
GUN'POWDER, n. A composition of saltpeter, sulphur and charcoal, mixed and reduc...
GUN'ROOM, n. In ships, an apartment on the after end of the lower gun-deck, occu...
GUN'SHOT, n. The distance of the point blank range of a cannon-shot. GUN'SHOT , ...
GUN'SMITH, n. A maker of small arms; one whose occupation is to make or repair s...
GUN'SMITHERY, n. The business of a gunsmith; the art of making small firearms.
GUN'STICK, n. A rammer, or ramrod; a stick or rod to ram down the charge of a mu...
GUN'STOCK, n. The stock or wood in which the barrel of a gun is fixed.
GUN'STONE, n. A stone used for the shot of cannon. Before the invention of iron ...
GUN'TACKLE, n. The tackle used on board of ships to run the guns out of the port...
GUN'WALE GUN'NEL, n. The upper edge of a ship's side; the uppermost wale of a sh...
GURGE, n. [L. gurges.] A whirlpool. [Little used.] GURGE , v.t. To swallow. [Not...
GUR'GION, n. The coarser part of meal separated from the bran. [Not used.]