† wind-gunn.

Etymology: < wind n.¹ + gun n.

Obsolete.

A gun for shooting a missile by the force of compressed air: = air gun n.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > small-arm > [noun] > air-gun

wind-gun1644

wind-musketa1660

air gun1685

wind-cane1723

air pistol1780

air rifle1801

1644 K. Digby Two Treat. i. xii. 104 The experience of windgunnes assureth vs that ayre duly applyed is able to giue greater motion vnto heauy bodies then vnto light ones.

1728 A. Pope Dunciad i. 167 As, forc'd from wind-guns, lead itself can fly.

1780 Philos. Trans. 1779 (Royal Soc.) 69 399 That air compressed to one tenth in a wind gun possesses a power not much short of gunpowder.

1800 Sporting Mag. 16 273 It will not be out of place here to add some remarks on wind-guns.

figurative.1663 A. Cowley Cutter of Coleman-St. Prol. sig. a^v They [sc. critics] shoot, alas, with Wind-gunns, charg'd with Air.1680 Collect. Poems 190 I am one of those that have been shot at by Wind-Guns, which have prejudiced my Reputation.1782 W. Cowper Conversation in Poems 226 His whisper'd theme, dilated and at large, Proves after all a wind-gun's airy charge.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	wind-gun
释义	† wind-gunn. Etymology: < wind n.¹ + gun n. Obsolete. A gun for shooting a missile by the force of compressed air: = air gun n. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > small-arm > [noun] > air-gun wind-gun1644 wind-musketa1660 air gun1685 wind-cane1723 air pistol1780 air rifle1801 1644 K. Digby Two Treat. i. xii. 104 The experience of windgunnes assureth vs that ayre duly applyed is able to giue greater motion vnto heauy bodies then vnto light ones. 1728 A. Pope Dunciad i. 167 As, forc'd from wind-guns, lead itself can fly. 1780 Philos. Trans. 1779 (Royal Soc.) 69 399 That air compressed to one tenth in a wind gun possesses a power not much short of gunpowder. 1800 Sporting Mag. 16 273 It will not be out of place here to add some remarks on wind-guns. figurative.1663 A. Cowley Cutter of Coleman-St. Prol. sig. a^v They [sc. critics] shoot, alas, with Wind-gunns, charg'd with Air.1680 Collect. Poems 190 I am one of those that have been shot at by Wind-Guns, which have prejudiced my Reputation.1782 W. Cowper Conversation in Poems 226 His whisper'd theme, dilated and at large, Proves after all a wind-gun's airy charge. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1644
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