cannonn.¹

Brit.

/ˈkanən/, U.S.

/ˈkænən/

Inflections: Plural cannons, unchanged.

Forms: late Middle English kanon, late Middle English–1800s canon, 1500s chanon, 1500s–1600s canonn, 1500s– cannon, 1600s cannen, 1600s connon; also Scottish pre-1700 cannoin, pre-1700 cannone, pre-1700 cannoun, pre-1700 cannoune, pre-1700 canone.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French canon.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman cannon, Anglo-Norman and Middle French canon (French canon ) tube, pipe (14th cent.), piece of artillery (1338), barrel of a gun (1569; 13th cent. in Old French in sense ‘bobbin’), partly < canne cane n.¹ + -on (see -oon suffix), and partly < Italian cannone organ pipe (beginning of the 14th cent.), stalk or thick piece of reed, conduit (all early 14th cent.), tube-shaped object (first half of the 14th cent.; the sense ‘piece of artillery’ is not attested in Italian until the early 16th cent.) < canna cane n.¹ + -one (see -oon suffix).Compare Old Occitan canó piece of artillery used to launch projectiles, Catalan canó (14th cent. in sense ‘tube-shaped object’, late 16th cent. in sense ‘piece of artillery’), Spanish cañón (late 15th cent.). The French and Italian words were also borrowed into other Germanic languages in the sense ‘piece of artillery’; compare e.g. Dutch kanon , German Kanone (both 16th cent.), Swedish kanon (early 17th cent.). Compare also post-classical Latin canon , canonus piece of artillery (frequently from late 14th cent. in British sources; probably < French). Possible earlier attestations. It is uncertain whether earlier instances of a vernacular word in Latin documents from Britain should be taken as showing the Middle English or the Anglo-Norman word:1378 in T. Rymer Fœdera (1709) VII. 187 Duo magna & Duo minora Ingenia, vocata Canons, Sexcentas Petras pro eisdem Ingeniis.1400 in M. T. Löfvenberg Contrib. Middle Eng. Lexicogr. & Etymol. (1946) 54 [Eight short barrels [L. ollas] of] canons [eight stokkes of] canons. Specific senses. With sense 8a compare French canon perforated part of a key (1690). In sense 9 originally after French canon anatomical region, in bovine and equine animals, between the knee or hock and the fetlock joint (1667 or earlier in this sense), apparently so called on account of its elongated shape; in later use (in specific sense ‘cannon bone’) short for cannon bone n. In sense 11a perhaps influenced by carom n.

I. A firearm, and related senses.

a. A large, heavy piece of artillery formerly used in warfare, typically one requiring to be mounted for firing, usually on a wheeled carriage; now chiefly used for signalling, ceremonies, or re-enactment. See also alarm cannon n. at alarm int., n., and adv. Compounds 2, signal cannon n. at signal n. Compounds 1a.For various early forms of cannon see aspic n.¹ 2, basilisk n. 3, bastard n. 7, carthoun n., culverin n. b, dragon n.¹ 10a, falcon n. 3, falconet n. 1, minion n.¹ 4, serpentine n. 2, etc.

(a) In singular and plural.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > piece of artillery > [noun]

gun1339

enginec1380

great gunc1430

ordnancec1450

cannona1460

piece1512

spitfire1611

tube1763

barker1815

by and by1857

big gun1886

centre-fire1889

a1460 Knyghthode & Bataile (Pembr. Cambr. 243) l. 2856 The canonys..bloweth out..stonys grete, Thorgh maste & side..be thei runne.

1467 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 532 They ryd and go dayly..in the contre, in ther trossyng dowbelettys, wyth bombardys and kanonys and chaseueleyns.

1525 in State Papers Henry VIII (1836) IV. 325 5 gret gonnes of brasse called cannons, besides sondery other fawcons.

1545 in State Papers Henry VIII (1836) V. 441 To sende unto Tynmowthe..a cannon, a saker, etc.

1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Niv/2 A Chanon, gunne, tormenti genus.

1604 E. Grimeston tr. True Hist. Siege Ostend 189 Canons of wood, a fadom long, with great bandes of Yron.

a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) ii. vii. 153 Then, a Soldier..Seeking the bubble Reputation Euen in the Canons mouth.

1633 T. Stafford Pacata Hibernia ii. xvi. 217 An other Cannon was brought up, and planted by the Demy-cannon.

1705 G. Stanhope Paraphr. Epist. & Gospels I. 18 They march directly up to the mouth of the loaded Canon.

1750 W. Beawes Lex Mercatoria (1752) 832 Iron Bars, Cannons, and Bullets.

1805 W. Taylor in Ann. Rev. 3 258 The cannons are..dragged about with a team of eight horses.

1858 W. Greener Gunnery in 1858 97 Mr. Nasmyth, whose monster cannon..was to astonish the whole world.

1864 H. Jones Holiday Papers 219 The Irishman's recipe for a cannon ‘Take a long hole, and pour some brass round it’.

1890 Illustr. Amer. 26 July 60/2 ‘Tommy Atkins’ is such a dear in his scarlet, the bands bellow, the cannons bellow louder, everybody cheers, and everything is sort of Rule Britannia and lovely.

1913 Boys' Life Apr. 16/1 When the little brig..arrived at the island of St. Eustaphis, November 16, 1776, she was saluted by Governor de Graaff, thirteen cannons booming in recognition of the thirteen original states.

1930 A. Ransome Swallows & Amazons vi. 66 On the foredeck of the houseboat, on the starboard side, its round, shiny nose poking out above the blue planking, was a brightly polished little brass cannon.

2012 A. Bracken Darkest Minds (2013) xi. 177 I got to walk around one battlefield after another, posing for pictures with cannons and Colonial reenactors.

(b) In singular form with plural agreement. Formerly also: †cannons collectively.

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1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 ii. iv. 53 Thou hast talkt..Of basilisks, of canon, culuerin.

1666 S. Pepys Diary 26 June (1972) VII. 183 In the trial, every one of the great guns, the whole Cannon of seven..broke in pieces.

1685 Mr. Travestin Acct. Proc. against Turks 20 This night the besieged..remounted several Cannon upon the new Batteries.

1705 tr. W. Bosman New Descr. Coast of Guinea v. 67 This, like all the English Forts, is very meanly garrisoned, as if it were sufficient to build Forts, furnish them with Cannon and necessary Provisions, without Men.

1760 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. (ed. 3) I. 184 The largest cannon here are about fifty pounders.

1815 W. A. Scott Battle of Waterloo 112 About two hundred cannon were directed from both sides against the village, which was on fire at several places at once.

1855 Ld. Tennyson Charge Light Brigade ii, in Maud & Other Poems 152 Cannon to right of them, Cannon to left of them, Cannon in front of them Volley'd and thunder'd.

1907 Secret Service 12 Apr. 20/1 It [sc. the earthquake] came upon them like the roar of a thousand cannon.

2015 L. E. Modesitt Madness in Solidar xxxvi. 403 There's definitely a regiment readying to move out. They've got supply wagons and cannon lined up.

b. spec. A large mounted gun, usually the second largest in inventories of 16th and 17th cent. cannonry, having a bore of 8 inches (approx. 20 cm) in diameter and typically capable of firing projectiles weighing 60 pounds (approx. 27.2 kg). Now historical.There were many varieties of cannon in the 16th and 17th centuries, classified according to weight and dimensions. The largest listed was often the cannon royal (cannon-royal n. at Compounds 2), followed by the cannon, cannon serpentine (cannon serpentine n. at Compounds 2), bastard cannon (bastard cannon n. at bastard n., adj., and adv. Compounds 1), demi-cannon (demi-cannon n. a), and cannon pedro (cannon pedro n.).

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > piece of artillery > [noun] > large or long pieces

serpentinec1450

culverin1515

headstick1516

slang1521

sling1547

basilisk1549

basilc1565

Roaring Meg1575

serpitanta1578

whole culverin1577

cannon1587

whole-cannon1589

cannon pedro1625

royal mortar1761

Long Tom1812

serpent1830

twelve-incher1909

Big Bertha1914

big boy1917

Lizzie1925

1587 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Iland Brit. (new ed.) ii. xvi. 198/2 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) I The names of our greatest ordinance..Canon, seauen thousand pounds, and eight inches within the mouth.

1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. xiv. 64 A Canon royal, or double Canon, a Canon, a Canon Serpentine, a bastard Canon, a demy Canon, a Canon Petro, a Culuering, a Basilisco, [etc.].

1652 T. Elsliot True Mariner 25 The Navigator aforesaid is to take good heed that his ship be very well victualled, and Ammunitioned, both with Basilisquoes, Cannons, Demicannons, Culvering, Demy-Culvering, Mignian and Saker.

1773 F. Grose Antiq. Eng.& Wales I. Pref. 17 According to their caliber, the pieces were stiled, cannon, demi-cannon, calverin, saker, robinet, falcon and base.

1822 W. James Naval Hist. Great Brit. I. 16 The 8½ and 8 inch cannon (cannon-royal and cannon) appear in no one list or abstract of the navy that we have seen.

1954 E. Tunis Weapons 89/2 In the sixteenth century a ‘cannon’ was a gun of a definite size and type, blood brother to the bombard.

1998 G. I. Brown Big Bang v. 59 By the end of the sixteenth century a wide variety of naval guns had been fitted into many different types of ship...There were cannons, cannons serpentine, bastard cannons, demi-cannons, cannons pedro, culverins, [etc.].

c. A heavy automatic gun that fires shells, mounted on an aircraft, tank, warship, etc.

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society > armed hostility > hostilities in the air > aircraft weapons or equipment > [noun] > aircraft gun

cannon1914

waist-gun1942

1914 J. M. Spaight Aircraft in War (App. II) 123 They are forbidden to carry out hostile acts..above neutral States..within a radius determined by the force of the cannon of their aircraft.

1918 Atlantic Monthly Dec. 843/2 The male tank carries two large cannon.

1941 Life 7 July 87/2 Besides rifles, they have 37-mm. cannon, heavy and light machine guns, mortars, submachine guns, pistols.

1949 F. Maclean Eastern Approaches iii. viii. 394 He showed me how the rear cannon fired, and how the intercom. worked.

1993 J. Higgins Thunder Point (1994) ii. 39 Aft was the high gun platform with its 20mm cannon and forward and below him was the deck gun.

2013 Scotl. on Sunday (Nexis) 22 Jan. As a gunner in Apache attack helicopters, Harry flew on scores of missions with his fingers on the triggers of deadly rockets, missiles and a 30mm cannon.

2. Chiefly as the second element of compounds: a device for projecting a material, sound, etc., powerfully. Earliest and chiefly in water cannon n. at water n. Compounds 7. See also snow cannon n. at snow n.¹ Additions.

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1891 Cent. Mag. May 140/2 To facilitate the work of the monitor or water-cannon that shot the compressed stream, tunnels were run into the banks [of the mine].

1921 Sci. Amer. 5 Mar. 183/3 Truly, these schemes are very much like our old friend, the rain producing and anti-hail cannon, in somewhat new dress.

1980 N.Y. Times 9 Mar. xxiii. 2/4 Ski Sundown's snow cannons have been in operation this winter for more than 600 hours at a cost of $100 an hour.

2000 A. B. Cobb Super Science Projects about Sound 17 Your sound cannon produces enough force to blow out a candle.

2008 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 10 Dec. a21/1 The security team..did have..a sonic cannon. The cannon—a long-range acoustic device..shoots sound waves from a dish transmitter.

2013 Herald-Times (Bloomington, Indiana) 29 Aug. a4/2 [He]..began firing a propane-fueled cannon to shoo away doves and other birds that were plucking his nearly ripe hybrid red Marechal Foch grapes.

3. A pistol, a revolver, esp. a large one. U.S. slang.

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

pistolet1550

potguna1556

pistol?1560

snapper1587

pistoletto1647

pop1708

gun1744

cracker1751

stick1781

barking iron1785

barker1815

young gun1822

buffer1824

reporter1827

iron1828

flute1842

cannon1901

1901 ‘J. Flynt’ World of Graft 137 The thief had him covered with his ‘cannon’.

1926 J. Black You can't Win xiii. 185 One of them..started to lug out his ‘cannon’.

1974 J. Nichols Milagro Beanfield War 54 Tranquilino called, ‘Hey, Pancho Villa, you forgot your cannon!’ Amarante returned, almost daintily lifted the weapon off the bar.

2017 A. Abramowitz Bosstown xix. 90 ‘Yeah, well the muthafucka's packing a cannon down the front of his damn shorts..’. Darryl points emphatically at my crotch, where the gun is wedged.

4. A thief, esp. a skilful pickpocket. In later use also: a professional thief whose role is to recover something previously given to a target to gain his or her confidence or assistance. Cf. gun n. 12. Chiefly U.S. slang.

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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > [noun] > nimble or dexterous

mercury1600

conveyor1608

conveyancer1753

cannon1902

1902 Washington Post 20 July 31/5 Gun, cannon, or dip—A pickpocket.

1936 Evening News 9 Dec. 8/5 The art of the ‘dip’ or ‘cannon’, as these light-fingered gentry are known in the underworld, probably reached its climax in the person of ‘Diamond Dick’.

1955 D. W. Maurer in Amer. Dial. Soc. 24 89 Cannon, an intensification..of gun was, and still is, used with some sense of indicating a better-than-ordinary pick-pocket.

1967 ‘Iceberg Slim’ Pimp (1998) v. 67 A cannon with a tired horse face took the vacant stool in my right. His stall took the one on the left. The stall had a yellow fox face.

1976 Observer 23 Nov. (Colour Suppl.) 25/1 A sister..can safely give her target anything, regardless of value or sensitivity, knowing that one of the squad's cannons can be counted on to steal it back.

2003 B. Vincent & B. Arno Trav. Advisory! v. 96 You must travel once you become more than a pickpocket... Once you become playing the cannon, or a whiz, you must travel.

II. Something with a cylindrical, tubular, or rounded shape.

5. A horse's bit in which the mouthpiece, sometimes consisting of two parts, is smooth and rounded; this mouthpiece or either of its two parts. Cf. cannon bit n. at Compounds 3.

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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [noun] > bit

kevela1300

barnaclea1382

bitc1385

molanc1400

bridle bit1438

snafflea1533

titup1537

bastonet?1561

cannon?1561

scatch1565

cannon bit1574

snaffle-bit1576

port mouth1589

watering snaffle1593

bell-bit1607

campanel1607

olive1607

pear-bit1607

olive-bit1611

port bit1662

neck-snaffle1686

curb-bit1688

masticador1717

Pelham1742

bridoon1744

slabbering-bit1753

hard and sharp1787

Weymouth1792

bridoon-bit1795

mameluke bit1826

Chiffney-bit1834

training bit1840

ring snaffle1850

gag-snaffle1856

segundo1860

half-moon bit1875

stiff-bit1875

twisted mouth1875

thorn-bit1886

Scamperdale1934

bit-mouth-

the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [noun] > bit > parts of

cannon?1561

cheek?1561

port?1561

player1566

upset mouth1566

rowel1590

mouth1607

upset1607

liberty1667

mouthpiece1728

top-roll1728

cheekpiece1864

branch1884

bit-maker1902

?1561 T. Blundeville Newe Bk. Arte of Ryding iii. xxix. sig. F.iiii. He shall not nede the helpe of so many bits, but only of these three, that is the Canon, & the scach, the wholl port with smoth melons, or with oliues, whiche iii. bits with arte do suffise to frame anie horses mouthes of what sort soeuer he be.

1607 G. Markham Cavelarice ii. 50 The first bytt a Horse shold weare, should be a smoothe Cannon.

1759 T. Wallis Farrier's & Horseman's Compl. Dict. at Bit The port-mouth is a cannon with an upset or mounting liberty proper for a horse with a good mouth, but a large tongue.

1805 T. Boardman Dict. Vet. at Bars Though a single cannon bears upon the tongue, the bars are so sensible and tender that they feel the effects of it through the thickness of the tongue.

1884 E. Karr Amer. Horsewoman iii. 89 The bit must then be adjusted..in such a manner that the canons of the mouth-piece will rest on the bars of the horse's mouth.

1937 Man. Horsemastership, Equitation, & Animal Transport (War Office) ii. 48 The mouthpiece with port mouth and canons is the steel bar which joins the cheeks of the bit. The straight parts are called canons.

1963 L. F. Bloodgood & P. Santini Horseman's Dict. 20 The sides of the mouthpiece, which rest on the bars of the mouth, being termed Canons of the bit.

†6. A tube, a cylindrical cavity. Obsolete.

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the world > space > shape > curvature > curved three-dimensional shape or body > cylinder > [noun] > quality of being hollow cylinder > hollow cylinder or tube

pipeOE

channela1387

cannela1400

canal?a1425

trump?1440

tunnel1545

clyster1578

cannon1588

bugle1615

tube1658

1588 C. Lucar in tr. N. Tartaglia 3 Bks. Shooting i. xii. 30 (heading) How long the Canon or concauitie of euery Peece of Artillerie ought to bee.

1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique iii. xviii. 455 You must make fast the foresaid cannon [Fr. canon] of the said barke of the new branch.

1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies v. ix. 353 A small canon of cristall [Sp. vn cannutillo christalino], in length half a foote.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Trajectoire, the cannon, or taile of a perfuming funnell.

7. A metal loop on the top of a bell by which the bell is hung; = ear n.¹ 7b. Cf. canon n.¹ 14.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > percussion instrument > bell > [noun] > other parts

yokeOE

stirrup1341

cod1379

bell-string1464

frame1474

stock1474

ear1484

poop1507

bell-wheel1529

skirt1555

guarder1583

imp1595

tab1607

jennet1615

pluck1637

bell-rope1638

cagea1640

cannon1668

stilt1672

canon1688

crown1688

sound-bow1688

belfry1753

furniture1756

sounding bow1756

earlet1833

brima1849

busk-board1851

headstock1851

sally hole1851

slider1871

mushroom head1872

sally beam1872

pit1874

tolling-lever1874

sally-pin1879

sally-pulley1901

sally-wheel1901

1668 Tintinnalogia 134 Find out whether the Cannons be upright and true, then raise the Bell up by some Rope tyed to the Cannons, and so that the Bell hang level.

1872 H. T. Ellacombe Bells of Church i. 4 The ear or cannon on its top or crown, by which it is hung..in the tower.

1985 E. V. Williams Bells of Russia 243/2 Cannons are the bronze loops that rise from the head..or top plate of a bell.

8. Mechanics.

†a. The hollow barrel of a watch-key. Obsolete.

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the world > time > instruments for measuring time > watch > [noun] > parts of

barrel1591

motion1605

bezel1616

fusee1622

string1638

crown wheel1646

out-case1651

watch-box1656

nuck1664

watchwork1667

balance-wheel1669

box1675

dial wheel1675

counter-potence1678

pendulum-balance1680

watch-case1681

pillar1684

contrate teeth1696

pinion of report1696

watch-hook1698

bob-balance1701

half-cock1701

potence1704

verge1704

pad1705

movable1709

jewel1711

pendant1721

crystal1722

watch-key1723

pendulum spring1728

lock spring1741

watch-glass1742

watch-spring1761

all-or-nothing piece1764

watch hand1764

cylinder1765

cannon?1780

cannon1802

stackfreed1819

pillar plate1821

little hand1829

hair-spring1830

lunette1832

all-or-nothing1843

locking1851

slag1857

staff1860

case spring1866

stem1866

balance-cock1874

watch-dial1875

balance-spring1881

balance-staff1881

Breguet spring1881

overcoil1881

surprise-piece1881

brass edge1884

button turn1884

fourth wheel1884

fusee-sink1884

pair-case1884

silver bar1884

silver piece1884

slang1884

top plate1884

karrusel1893

watch-face1893

watch bracelet1896

bar-movement1903

jewel pivot1907

jewel bearing1954

?1780 S. Thorogood Descr. New Watch Key 3 Тhe worm-spring (A) is put into the cannon (В), with a piece of steel half the length of the worm, in the inside of it.

1876 U.S. Patent 173,848 in Specif. & Drawings Patents Feb. 1044/1 A watchkey..is acted upon by a band or other spring, b, that tends to throw the cannon of the key through a guide-hole to the outside of the case, so that the key protrudes sufficiently to be used for winding the watch.

b. A barrel or hollow cylindrical piece capable of revolving independently on a shaft, with a greater or lesser velocity than that of the shaft; esp. (in a clock or watch) a cannon wheel or cannon pinion, or the extended tubular part of one of these.Cf. cannon pinion n., cannon wheel n. (b) at Compounds 3.

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the world > time > instruments for measuring time > clock > [noun] > part(s) of

nut1428

peise1428

plumbc1450

Jack1498

clockwork1516

larum1542

Jack of the clockhouse1563

watch-wheel1568

work1570

plummeta1578

Jack of the clock1581

snail-cam1591

snail-work1591

pointer1596

quarter jack1604

mainspring1605

winder1606

notch-wheel1611

fusee1622

count-wheel1647

jack-wheel1647

frame1658

arbor1659

balance1660

fuse1674

hour-figure1675

stop1675

pallet1676

regulator1676

cock1678

movement1678

detent1688

savage1690

clock1696

pinwheel1696

starred wheel1696

swing-wheel1696

warning-wheel1696

watch1696

watch-part1696

hoop-wheel1704

hour-wheel1704

snail1714

step-wheel1714

tide-work1739

train1751

crutch1753

cannon pinion1764

rising board1769

remontoire1774

escapement1779

clock jack1784

locking plate1786

scapement1789

motion work1795

anchor escapement1798

scape1798

star-wheel1798

recoil escapement1800

recoiling pallet1801

recoiling scapement1801

cannon1802

hammer-tail1805

recoiling escapement1805

bottle jack1810

renovating spring1812

quarter-boy1815

pin tooth1817

solar wheel1819

impulse-teeth1825

pendulum wheel1825

pallet arbor1826

rewinder1826

rack hook1829

snail-wheel1831

quarter bell1832

tow1834

star pulley1836

watch train1838

clock train1843

raising-piece1843

wheelwork1843

gravity escapement1850

jumper1850

vertical escapement1850

time train1853

pin pallet1860

spade1862

dead well1867

stop-work1869

ringer1873

strike-or-silent1875

warning-piece1875

guard-pin1879

pendulum cock1881

warning-lever1881

beat-pin1883

fusee-piece1884

fusee-snail1884

shutter1884

tourbillion1884

tumbler1884

virgule1884

foliot1899

grasshopper1899

grasshopper escapement1899

trunk1899

pin lever1908

clock spring1933

the world > time > instruments for measuring time > watch > [noun] > parts of

barrel1591

motion1605

bezel1616

fusee1622

string1638

crown wheel1646

out-case1651

watch-box1656

nuck1664

watchwork1667

balance-wheel1669

box1675

dial wheel1675

counter-potence1678

pendulum-balance1680

watch-case1681

pillar1684

contrate teeth1696

pinion of report1696

watch-hook1698

bob-balance1701

half-cock1701

potence1704

verge1704

pad1705

movable1709

jewel1711

pendant1721

crystal1722

watch-key1723

pendulum spring1728

lock spring1741

watch-glass1742

watch-spring1761

all-or-nothing piece1764

watch hand1764

cylinder1765

cannon?1780

cannon1802

stackfreed1819

pillar plate1821

little hand1829

hair-spring1830

lunette1832

all-or-nothing1843

locking1851

slag1857

staff1860

case spring1866

stem1866

balance-cock1874

watch-dial1875

balance-spring1881

balance-staff1881

Breguet spring1881

overcoil1881

surprise-piece1881

brass edge1884

button turn1884

fourth wheel1884

fusee-sink1884

pair-case1884

silver bar1884

silver piece1884

slang1884

top plate1884

karrusel1893

watch-face1893

watch bracelet1896

bar-movement1903

jewel pivot1907

jewel bearing1954

1802 Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 5 85 The cannon E and circle DD are made to revolve once a year in the following manner.

1832 Edinb. Encycl. X. 482/2 Q is the cannon pinion, put spring tight on the arbor of the second wheel, whose socket or cannon goes outside or beyond the dial, where it is squared for the purpose of the minute hand being put on it.

1852 T. Baker Elements Mechanism i. iv. 40 Two separate wheels a and b may revolve concentrically, that is, on the same axle; the wheel b is fixed to the axle c c, and the wheel a to a tube or cannon d, which turns freely on c c.

1867 Amer. Artisan 5 June 481/1 This cannon is of hollow wire, clinched or soldered to the star wheel.

1881 F. J. Britten Watch & Clockmaker's Handbk. (ed. 4) 148 There is an advantage in making the canon the larger pinion.

1976 U.S. Patent 3,945,197 2 The minutes shaft being not situated in the centre of the movement..it carries a cannon-pinion, meshing with an intermediate wheel..meshing with a second cannon-pinion, the cannon of which carries the minute hand.

9. In the horse: the bone located between the knee and the fetlock joint (in the foreleg) or the hock and the fetlock joint (in the hind leg); = cannon bone n. Also: the section of the leg in which this bone is situated.

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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > constituent materials > [noun] > metacarpal or metatarsal

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1795 tr. C. Vial de Sainbel Ess. Proportions Eclipse 36 (table) in Wks. C. Vial de Sainbel The canon or shank.

1802 E. Coleman Foot of Horse II. i. 20 The upper head [of the large pastern bone] has three concavities; one in the centre, to receive the middle and narrow convexity of the lower end of the cannon, and two large, but superficial concavities.

1892 S. J. J. Harger tr. A. Goubaux & G. Barrier Exterior of Horse (ed. 2) 279 The canon is the region of the members which extends vertically from the knee or the hock to the fetlock.

1955 W. S. Codrington Know your Horse (1976) iii. 26 ‘Bone’ is a term meant to convey the measurement of the cannon region immediately beneath the knee.

1992 C. McCarthy All Pretty Horses (1993) ii. 128 The stout thighbones and knee and cannon and the tendons like flaxen hawsers.

2007 Horse & Rider Oct. 153/2 Bench knees—The cannon bone is set to the outside of the knee, placing stress on the inside of the cannon.

†10. Each of a row of empty tubular retorts used to direct and moderate the heat of the furnace during the refining of zinc. Obsolete.

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1873 Trans. Amer. Inst. Mining Engineers 1871–3 1 74 Beneath the retorts is placed a row of six so-called cannons to break the heat.

1908 W. R. Ingalls Lead & Zinc U.S. xxii. 321 The lower row of retorts was protected from the radiated heat of the fire by a row of thick tubes, called cannons, about the same size as the retorts, but open at both ends.

III. A powerful impact.

11.

a. Billiards, Snooker, etc. A stroke in which the cue ball is made to hit more than one ball successively. Cf. carambole n. 2, carom n.anchor cannon, nursery cannon, etc.: see the first element.

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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > billiards, pool, or snooker > [noun] > actions or types of play > type of stroke

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1802 Monthly Rev. Apr. 444 When the person making a stroke, at the Red or Carambole Game, hits both his adversary's and the red ball, the stroke is commonly termed a cannon: but it is here properly styled a Caram, or Carambole.

1844 E. R. Mardon Billiards 4 Scoring canons and hazards.

1872 W. Black Strange Adventures Phaeton xi. 157 Even when he got a good chance of a cannon, the smallness of the balls caused him to fail entirely.

1939 P. G. Wodehouse Uncle Fred in Springtime xi. 148 He found the young man eventually in the billiard-room, practising solitary cannons.

1986 Times (Nexis) 25 Apr. Knowles delivered his match winning blow..with a crucial pot via the side cushion, playing a cannon from one red to another.

2003 Western Mail (Cardiff) (Nexis) 6 May 21 He declined laying a nasty snooker behind three colours to pot the blue and send the white the length of the table for a perfect cannon on the final red.

2017 South Wales Argus (Nexis) 29 Aug. Billiards is a relatively simple game... Potting the red and making a cannon in the same shot is three points plus two points.

†b. In extended use. A forceful or violent collision. Cf. cannon v. 3. Obsolete.

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the world > movement > impact > [noun] > forcible, heavy, or violent > collision > rebounding

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1806 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life I. vii. 144 Briskly stooping to pick up a lady's fan, at the same moment when two other gentlemen are doing the same, and so making a cannon with your head against both of theirs.

1876 Coursing Cal. 35 Bellini came best out of a cannon, and never let Hawkseye have a look in, except to kill.

Phrases

†P1. to ride the cannon: (perhaps) to be punished by having to sit astride a cannon while it is being fired. Obsolete.

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1621 L. Hughes Relation of Goodnes of God towards Sommer Ilands sig. B4 Two of the most notorious of them were punished, the one whipped at the whipping Post, the other (because he was a Souldier) did ride the Cannon, shot off full charged, which did shake him terribly.

a1639 J. Spottiswood Hist. Church Scotl. (1655) v. 239 He was apprehended, and by sentence of the Council of War condemned to ride the Cannon.

P2. See also loose cannon n.

Compounds

C1.

a. General attributive chiefly in sense 1a, as cannon bore, cannon flash, cannon powder, cannon smoke, etc.See also cannonball n. and adj., cannon-basket n., etc.

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1569 E. Fenton tr. P. Boaistuau Certaine Secrete Wonders Nature f. 19^v Great store of Canon pouder commonly called Gunpouder.

1598 J. Marston Scourge of Villanie ii. vii. sig. F2 His new stampt complement, his Cannon oathes.

1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. xiv. 71 Serpentine powder in old time was in meale, but now corned and made stronger, and called Canon corne powder.

a1640 W. Fenner XXIX Choice Serm. (1657) 409 Your Cannon Bore is warped, so your bullet goes beside the mark.

1663 Marquis of Worcester Cent. Names & Scantlings Inventions §64 So clear from danger, that..a Pound of Butter did not melt being laid upon the Cannon-britch.

1663 W. Davenant Siege of Rhodes: 2nd Pt. ii. 19 With smoke of Cannon-Clouds.

1742 B. Robins New Princ. Gunnery Pref. p. xxxv (note) We learn from Tartalea, that the cannon powder in his time..was made of four parts salt-petre, one part sulphur, and one part charcoal.

1822 London Mag. Dec. 537 The streaming lightning, and the tempest's dash, The Waving cutlass, and the cannon flash.

1852 E. Bulwer-Lytton My Novel xii. xix. in Blackwood's Mag. Nov. 576/2 So fair and so tranquil he might have looked through the cannon-reek at Ramilies and Blenheim, suggesting to Addison the image of an angel of war.

1865 H. James in Atlantic Monthly Mar. 258/1 A rolling canopy of cannon-smoke.

1902 Westm. Gaz. 24 Nov. 12/1 Cannon-casting is the staple industry, and especially the manufacture of breech-loading guns.

1936 M. Mitchell Gone with the Wind iii. xix. 330 Cannon smoke..hung over the town like thunder clouds.

1937 Pop. Mech. June 4A Plane engine has cannon bore in prop shaft.

2012 M. Stephenson Last Full Meas. iii. 101 The gunner's art lay in setting the trajectory and trimming the fuse (which was ignited by the cannon flash).

b. Parasynthetic, instrumental, and similative, as cannon-mouthed, cannon-smoked, etc.

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1567 in P. F. Tytler Hist. Scotl. (1864) III. 264 Knox thundered out..cannon-hot against her.

1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 59 When the fame of the king of fishes was canon-rored in her eares [printed eates].

1613 J. Boys Expos. Last Psalm 8 These bellowing Buls of Basan, and Canon-mouthed hell-hounds would haue made on this day such a roare.

1651 W. Davenant Gondibert ii. xxxv Deep Cannon Mouth'd experienc'd Hounds.

1790 J. Bruce Trav. Source Nile II. 678 There is a kind of glass bottle..the neck is wider, like that of our glass decanters,..and the lips of it folded back, such as we call cannon-mouthed.

1813 R. Wilson Private Diary II. 147 My new order ribbon: it is not in itself beautiful, but it becomes so when cannon-smoked.

1844 E. B. Barrett Poems II. 149 Room for the dead in Paris! welcome solemn And grave-deep, 'neath the cannon-moulded column!

1898 Photogr. News 14 Jan. 27/1 I fancied my face flattening and spreading out to the size of a cheese-box under the glassy stare of the cannon-mouthed lens.

1955 W. Y. Carman Hist. Firearms vii. 137 These pistols with a cannon-shaped barrel were in use in Charles the First's reign.

2002 R. L. Contreras New Amer. Majority ix. 197 He..proceeded to dig cannon sized trenches in which he mounted his own heavy cannon.

C2. With postmodifying adjective, in sense 1a.

cannon-royal n. now historical a very large cannon, having a bore of 8.5 inches (approx. 22 cm) in diameter and typically capable of firing projectiles weighing 66 pounds (approx. 30 kg), usually the largest cannon listed in inventories of 16th and 17th cent. cannonry: see sense 1b.

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1564 W. Bullein Dialogue against Feuer Pestilence (new ed.) f. 70^v There are birdes that doe lye in a rocke, where Dragons are, whose Fethers in their winges are thirtie foote long, the quill as bigge as a Canon roiall.

1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant i. 8 Upon this Bastion there is a fair Basilick, or Canon-Royal.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Cannon Cannon Royal;..Weight..8000lib. Length..12 Feet.

1833 Morning Post 23 Dec. A cannon royal or 66-pounder was loaded with 30lb. of powder.

1922 R. Sabatini Capt. Blood (U.S. ed.) xvi. 183 With a roar the cannons-royal proclaimed themselves, and the Arabella staggered under a blow that smashed her bulwarks.

2003 Times 11 June 33/7 Recent writers identify it [sc. the carthoun]..with the cannon-royal.

cannon serpentine n. now historical a large cannon, having a bore of 7.5 inches (approx. 19 cm) in diameter and typically capable of firing projectiles weighing 53.3 pounds (approx. 24.1 kg), often listed in inventories of 16th and 17th cent. cannonry: see sense 1b.

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1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. xiv. 64 A Canon royal, or double Canon, a Canon, a Canon Serpentine, a bastard Canon, a demy Canon, a Canon Petro, a Culuering, a Basilisco, [etc.].

1682 ‘Mother Greg’ Burgess Ticket Buckhaven 3 And for that effect the said Alexander Bryson be armed with Munsmegs, Morter-pieces, Cannon-royal, Cannon-ordinarie, Cannon Serpentine, [etc.]

1822 W. James Naval Hist. Great Brit. I. 16 We at once identify the gun to be either the cannon-serpentine or the bastard-cannon of sir William Monson.

1998 G. I. Brown Big Bang v. 59 By the end of the sixteenth century a wide variety of naval guns had been fitted into many different types of ship... There were cannons, cannons serpentine, bastard cannons, demi-cannons, cannons pedro, culverins, [etc.].

C3.

cannon bit n. a horse's bit in which the mouthpiece is smooth and rounded; this mouthpiece; cf. sense 5.

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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [noun] > bit

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1574 in Hist. MSS Comm.: Rep. MSS Ld. Middleton (1911) 445 in Parl. Papers (Cd. 5567) XXVII. 1 To John Tyrer for iij. cannon bittes... viijs.

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. vii. sig. G3^v Could menage faire, His stubborne steed with curbed canon bitt.

1617 J. Lane Contin. Squire's Tale 273 The bitt, a canon bytt.

1696 R. Howlett School Recreat. (new ed.) 20 Your Horse being brought thus far to perfection..now let a gentle Cavezan take their place; with a smooth Cannon-Bit in his Mouth.

1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Canon bit, that part of the bit let into the horse's mouth.

1901 L. Bazet Pract. Med. Facts for San Francisco Police 74 Usually the cannon-bit lies between the molars at the end of the mouth.

2012 E. M. Tobey in P. Edwards et al. Horse as Cultural Icon i. 168 He bought an antique Cannon bit and used it on his own horse, who was extremely responsive and comfortable with it.

cannon blast n. the destructive physical force of cannon fire; an instance of a cannon or cannons being fired; the sound of this; also in extended use.

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1580 T. Churchyard Light Bondell Disc.: Churchyards Charge 15 What fort or holde is halfe so strong, that euer man could make, But poulders force and Cannon blast, can make it doune to shake.

1844 ‘B. Cornwall’ Eng. Songs (new ed.) 63 The cannon blast, That just now passed, Hath awakened ten thousand men.

1885 R. Buchanan Master of Mine I. xii. 175 Gusts, fitful though terrible—very cannon blasts of air.

1955 Sun (Baltimore) 20 Aug. 2/7 The Army's need was..for rugged devices which would be undisturbed by cannon blast or moisture or heat or cold.

2007 I. McDonald Brasyl 178 Falcon..pulled the trigger. The explosion was like a cannon blast.

cannon bullet n. now rare a cannonball.

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1578 T. Churchyard Disc. Queenes Entertainem. sig. K.ij At length the Cannon bullet flyes.

1724 I. Watts Logick i. ii. §4 It is slow when compared with a cannon-bullet.

1882 J. H. Shorthouse John Inglesant (new ed.) II. 378 More than once a cannon bullet burst into the Minster.

2017 A. B. Gettu Fear Not viii. 215 We found two cannon bullets, but it was very heavy to carry even one cannon bullet.

† cannon-clock n. Obsolete a cannon with a lens fixed over the vent in such a way as to focus the sun's rays when at their highest and ignite the priming.

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1832 Leicester Chron. 6 Oct. Cannon Clock... A burning-glass is fixed over the vent of a cannon, so that the sun's rays, at the moment of its passing the meridian, are concentrated by the glass, on the priming, and the piece is fired.

1897 Chums 3 Mar. 446/1 This very alarming timepiece was outdone by a cannon-clock in Paris in 1832.

1918 E. S. Farrow Dict. Mil. Terms (rev. ed.) 102 Cannon-clock, a cannon with a burning glass over the vent, so as to fire the priming when the sun reaches the meridian.

cannon cracker n. originally and chiefly U.S. (now historical or rare) (a name for) a large and powerful firecracker.

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1854 Daily Whig & Courier 23 May James G. Hovey, pyrotechnist,..now offers..rockets, pigeons, double headers.., Roman candles, Bengal lights.., and cannon crackers, &c.

1904 St. Nicholas July 814/1 And then our cannon-crackers (And my! but they were whackers!) made grandma say, ‘Oh, mercy me! you must n't do that boys’!

1971 Gettysburg (Pa.) Times 6 July 4/2 The only accident on the Fourth happened to Donald Swope... A cannon cracker exploded while in his right hand.

2012 K. L. Kosanke et al. Encycl. Dict. Pyrotechnics III. 974/2 In the past, cannon crackers might also be considered ground salutes.

cannon fever n. now rare and historical severe anxiety and stress caused by exposure to cannon fire on the battlefield; a fear of battle arising from this; cf. shell shock n. 1a.

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1807 J. R. Shaw Narr. Life & Travels. viii. 122 Some of our party..were immediately seized with the cannon fever, and retreated with all possible expedition.

1833 Edinb. Rev. 57 381 That..exciting sensation known to military men by the name of the cannon-fever.

1934 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 8 Sept. 498/1 Instead of shell-shock, we were taught of ‘cannon fever’ as the cause of nervous troubles after a war.

1987 J. I. Robertson Blue & Gray 221 Soldiers usually referred to cowards as men suffering from ‘cannon fever’.

cannon fire n. the (repeated) firing of a cannon or cannons; bombardment by cannon; also (and in earliest use) figurative.Quot. a1616 is regarded by most modern editors (following the emendations of Capell or Dyce) as showing independent uses of cannon and fire, but cf. quot. 1725.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > management of artillery > [noun] > bombardment

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a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) ii. i. 463 He speakes plaine Cannon fire [1768 Capell cannon, fire, 1857 Dyce cannon,—fire], and smoake, and bounce.]

1725 Shakespeare's King John ii. i. 463 in A. Pope Wks. Shakespear III. 139 What cannoneer begot this lusty blood? He speaks plain cannon-fire, and smoak and bounce.

1788 C. Crauford & R. Crauford tr. J. G. Tielke Acct. War between Prussians, Austrians & Russians I. iv. 258 It must be a fixed principle..never to expose cavalry to the cannon fire when it can be avoided.

1877 Daily News 24 May 5/5 There had been pretty free exchanges of cannon fire between the Roumanian batteries and the Turkish cannon about Turtukai.

1940 New Castle (Pa.) News 17 June 1/1 The sound of cannonfire receded from Paris today as thousands of refugees streamed slowly back into their capital.

2014 K. L. Privatsky Logistics in Falklands War xi. 218 Artillery, cannon fire and bombs..had crippled local services.

cannon fly n. Angling (now rare) = oak fly n. at oak n. Compounds 3.

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?1758 R. Bowlker Art of Angling Improved 56 Canon, or Down-hill Fly.

1799 tr. Laboratory (ed. 6) II. x. 297 The oak-fly. Some call this..the cannon-fly.

1932 A. C. Williams Trout Flies xx. 190 From its [sc. the Oak Fly's] characteristic attitude of resting head downwards, it is commonly known as the ‘Down Looker’. Other local names are Woodcock Fly, Cannon Fly and Ash Fly.

cannon foundry n. a foundry where cannons are cast.

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1756 Whitehall Evening-post 23–25 Mar. In the Cannon Foundery and Arsenal at Douay they are continually at Work, Sundays not excepted.

1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Stove-truck, a truck employed in cannon-foundries for moving pieces of ordnance.

1974 J. F. Guilmartin Gunpowder & Galleys i. 44 The cannon foundries of the Tophane were directly dependent upon English tin which they could get only through Genoese entrepreneurs.

2006 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 2 Dec. (Motoring section) 5 The old Tredegar Ironworks, where they made cannons for the Confederate forces—just as Paul Revere had opened a cannon foundry in Boston in 1788.

cannon lock n. now historical any of various simple mechanisms used to fire a cannon, typically by means of a metal hammer which strikes the powder.

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1794 Whitehall Evening Post 22–24 Apr. Cannon Locks 250; Cartridges, Thirty-six Pounders, filled 120.

1860 A. Mordecai Rep. Mil. Comm. Europe 98 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (36th Congr., 1st Sess: Senate Executive Doc. 15) XV The field artillery do not use cannon locks, but fire with friction tubes, or common tubes and portfires.

2011 J. Foley in S. C. Tucker et al. Civil War Naval Encycl. I. 273 Ignition was accomplished by means of a cannon lock and primer.

cannon metal n. metal used for making cannons; spec. a variety of bronze; cf. gunmetal n. 1.

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1731 H. Pemberton Scheme for Course Chym. 13 Other mixtures; whence bell-metal, cannon-metal, the metal of organ pipes.., solders of all kinds.

1850 J. C. Booth & C. Morfit Encycl. Chem. 122/2 Cannon metal, 90 copper + 10 tin, is less oxidable than copper.

2009 Evening Times (Glasgow) (Nexis) 16 Jan. 28 The bronze statue of Sir John [Moore] in George Square was built in 1819 and was cast from cannon metal.

cannon-mouth n. (a) the mouth of a cannon (sense 1a); †(b) the mouthpiece of a horse's cannon-bit (obsolete).

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1580 T. Churchyard Pleasaunte Laborinth: Churchyardes Chance f. 33^v At Cannon mouthe, then laye doune idell Rimes, And win the reste, by death and losse of blood.

1696 W. Hope tr. J. de Solleysel Parfait Mareschal i. lxxx. (caption) A plain round or Canon Mouth and only joynted in y^e Middle, to make a kind of Liberty for the Tongue.

1726 N. B. Farrier's & Horseman's Dict. 64 Bit-mouths are of different Sorts: some are Single-canon mouths, and some have Canon-mouths with an upset or mounting Liberty.

1805 T. Boardman Dict. Vet. Art at Bitt Of the bitts in use, besides the snaffel, or small watering bitt, there is the cannon-mouth jointed in the middle, which always preserves a horse's mouth.

1808 W. Scott Marmion vi. xxiii. 351 And distant salutation past From the loud cannon mouth.

1962 Chron.-Telegram (Elyria, Ohio) 18 Aug. 14/3 The ramrod slammed from the cannon mouth, inflicting a minor arm injury on Stanton.

2011 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 12 Feb. (Mag.) 64 He parted the seaweed and found himself staring into a cannon-mouth. It was a 17th-century ship.

cannon pinion n. (in watches and clocks) a pinion (pinion n.⁴) in the form of a hollow cylinder or having a tubular extension that fits around a shaft, esp. one that drives the minute wheel, typically fitted on to the centre arbor and projecting through the face to bear the minute hand.

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the world > time > instruments for measuring time > clock > [noun] > part(s) of

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1764 St. James's Chron. 7 June The Quarter and Half Quarter Snail and Cannon Pinion, 2-3ds of a gr[ain].

1881 F. J. Britten Watch & Clockmakers' Handbk. (ed. 4) 148 With a small canon pinion the oil is almost invariably drawn away from the centre wheel lower pivot.

1996 G. Wilson et al. European Clocks J. Paul Getty Mus. 160/1 The arbor of the third wheel holds the cannon pinion (36), a part of the motion work.., and the minute hand.

cannon shell n. an explosive projectile or bomb designed to be fired by a cannon or other large calibre gun.

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1760 London Evening-post 24–26 June A Gentleman formerly belonging to the Royal Navy, has invented a Cannon Shell of a new Construction for Naval Service, to answer the Purpose of a Bomb.

1945 Daily Tel. 23 Feb. 1 Fighters..and..bombers..smashing with rockets, bombs, cannon shells and machine-gun bullets at road and rail bridges, trains, [etc.].

2009 P. W. Singer Wired for War i. ii. 57 Rather than wait to be blown up by a 2,000-pound cannon shell, [the soldiers] waved white bedsheets and undershirts at the drone.

cannon stove n. a cast-iron stove shaped somewhat like a cannon, often with a rounded firepot.

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1764 Pennsylvania Gaz. 26 Apr. 3/3 The esteemed Cannon-stoves are yet sold by him.

1881 Metal Worker 15 Jan. 24/1 (advt.) For sale—New patterns of cooks, ranges, parlor & cannon stoves.

1932 F. B. Linderman Pretty-shield xiii. 92 The plains were white with snow..when I went to the schoolhouse to get a fire going in the cannon stove.

2009 Commercial-News (Danville, Illinois) (Nexis) 12 Sept. In 1958 a gas furnace replaced two old cannon stoves.

cannon wheel n. (a) each of the wheels of a gun carriage bearing a cannon (now historical); (b) a toothed wheel with a central hole extended into a tube that fits around a shaft; (in watches and clocks) a cannon pinion, or a wheel which bears the cannon pinion.

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1579 T. Churchyard Gen. Rehearsall Warres sig. Mii^v But he is to be accounted the couragious Soldiour, that is giuen by his owne disposition, to delight and folowe the Cannon wheele.

1795 A. W. Radcliffe Journey through Holland 230 They cut the harness of the horses, broke the cannon wheels, and themselves opened the gates to the Prussians.

1819 A. Rees Cycl. XI. at Dial The calliper is so laid down, that a cannon wheel revolves in a minute.

1999 J. Elliot Unexpected Light (2000) ix. 333 A cavalry officer..venting his frustration on sepoys struggling to extract a cannon wheel from a rut.

2017 J. Betts Marine Chronometers at Greenwich ii. 225 The minute wheel meshes with the cannon wheel, and the minute pinion meshes with the hour wheel.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	cannon
释义	cannonn.¹ Brit. /ˈkanən/, U.S. /ˈkænən/ Inflections: Plural cannons, unchanged. Forms: late Middle English kanon, late Middle English–1800s canon, 1500s chanon, 1500s–1600s canonn, 1500s– cannon, 1600s cannen, 1600s connon; also Scottish pre-1700 cannoin, pre-1700 cannone, pre-1700 cannoun, pre-1700 cannoune, pre-1700 canone. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French canon. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman cannon, Anglo-Norman and Middle French canon (French canon ) tube, pipe (14th cent.), piece of artillery (1338), barrel of a gun (1569; 13th cent. in Old French in sense ‘bobbin’), partly < canne cane n.¹ + -on (see -oon suffix), and partly < Italian cannone organ pipe (beginning of the 14th cent.), stalk or thick piece of reed, conduit (all early 14th cent.), tube-shaped object (first half of the 14th cent.; the sense ‘piece of artillery’ is not attested in Italian until the early 16th cent.) < canna cane n.¹ + -one (see -oon suffix).Compare Old Occitan canó piece of artillery used to launch projectiles, Catalan canó (14th cent. in sense ‘tube-shaped object’, late 16th cent. in sense ‘piece of artillery’), Spanish cañón (late 15th cent.). The French and Italian words were also borrowed into other Germanic languages in the sense ‘piece of artillery’; compare e.g. Dutch kanon , German Kanone (both 16th cent.), Swedish kanon (early 17th cent.). Compare also post-classical Latin canon , canonus piece of artillery (frequently from late 14th cent. in British sources; probably < French). Possible earlier attestations. It is uncertain whether earlier instances of a vernacular word in Latin documents from Britain should be taken as showing the Middle English or the Anglo-Norman word:1378 in T. Rymer Fœdera (1709) VII. 187 Duo magna & Duo minora Ingenia, vocata Canons, Sexcentas Petras pro eisdem Ingeniis.1400 in M. T. Löfvenberg Contrib. Middle Eng. Lexicogr. & Etymol. (1946) 54 [Eight short barrels [L. ollas] of] canons [eight stokkes of] canons. Specific senses. With sense 8a compare French canon perforated part of a key (1690). In sense 9 originally after French canon anatomical region, in bovine and equine animals, between the knee or hock and the fetlock joint (1667 or earlier in this sense), apparently so called on account of its elongated shape; in later use (in specific sense ‘cannon bone’) short for cannon bone n. In sense 11a perhaps influenced by carom n. I. A firearm, and related senses. 1. a. A large, heavy piece of artillery formerly used in warfare, typically one requiring to be mounted for firing, usually on a wheeled carriage; now chiefly used for signalling, ceremonies, or re-enactment. See also alarm cannon n. at alarm int., n., and adv. Compounds 2, signal cannon n. at signal n. Compounds 1a.For various early forms of cannon see aspic n.¹ 2, basilisk n. 3, bastard n. 7, carthoun n., culverin n. b, dragon n.¹ 10a, falcon n. 3, falconet n. 1, minion n.¹ 4, serpentine n. 2, etc. (a) In singular and plural. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > piece of artillery > [noun] gun1339 enginec1380 great gunc1430 ordnancec1450 cannona1460 piece1512 spitfire1611 tube1763 barker1815 by and by1857 big gun1886 centre-fire1889 a1460 Knyghthode & Bataile (Pembr. Cambr. 243) l. 2856 The canonys..bloweth out..stonys grete, Thorgh maste & side..be thei runne. 1467 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 532 They ryd and go dayly..in the contre, in ther trossyng dowbelettys, wyth bombardys and kanonys and chaseueleyns. 1525 in State Papers Henry VIII (1836) IV. 325 5 gret gonnes of brasse called cannons, besides sondery other fawcons. 1545 in State Papers Henry VIII (1836) V. 441 To sende unto Tynmowthe..a cannon, a saker, etc. 1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Niv/2 A Chanon, gunne, tormenti genus. 1604 E. Grimeston tr. True Hist. Siege Ostend 189 Canons of wood, a fadom long, with great bandes of Yron. a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) ii. vii. 153 Then, a Soldier..Seeking the bubble Reputation Euen in the Canons mouth. View more context for this quotation 1633 T. Stafford Pacata Hibernia ii. xvi. 217 An other Cannon was brought up, and planted by the Demy-cannon. 1705 G. Stanhope Paraphr. Epist. & Gospels I. 18 They march directly up to the mouth of the loaded Canon. 1750 W. Beawes Lex Mercatoria (1752) 832 Iron Bars, Cannons, and Bullets. 1805 W. Taylor in Ann. Rev. 3 258 The cannons are..dragged about with a team of eight horses. 1858 W. Greener Gunnery in 1858 97 Mr. Nasmyth, whose monster cannon..was to astonish the whole world. 1864 H. Jones Holiday Papers 219 The Irishman's recipe for a cannon ‘Take a long hole, and pour some brass round it’. 1890 Illustr. Amer. 26 July 60/2 ‘Tommy Atkins’ is such a dear in his scarlet, the bands bellow, the cannons bellow louder, everybody cheers, and everything is sort of Rule Britannia and lovely. 1913 Boys' Life Apr. 16/1 When the little brig..arrived at the island of St. Eustaphis, November 16, 1776, she was saluted by Governor de Graaff, thirteen cannons booming in recognition of the thirteen original states. 1930 A. Ransome Swallows & Amazons vi. 66 On the foredeck of the houseboat, on the starboard side, its round, shiny nose poking out above the blue planking, was a brightly polished little brass cannon. 2012 A. Bracken Darkest Minds (2013) xi. 177 I got to walk around one battlefield after another, posing for pictures with cannons and Colonial reenactors. (b) In singular form with plural agreement. Formerly also: †cannons collectively. ΚΠ 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 ii. iv. 53 Thou hast talkt..Of basilisks, of canon, culuerin. View more context for this quotation 1666 S. Pepys Diary 26 June (1972) VII. 183 In the trial, every one of the great guns, the whole Cannon of seven..broke in pieces. 1685 Mr. Travestin Acct. Proc. against Turks 20 This night the besieged..remounted several Cannon upon the new Batteries. 1705 tr. W. Bosman New Descr. Coast of Guinea v. 67 This, like all the English Forts, is very meanly garrisoned, as if it were sufficient to build Forts, furnish them with Cannon and necessary Provisions, without Men. 1760 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. (ed. 3) I. 184 The largest cannon here are about fifty pounders. 1815 W. A. Scott Battle of Waterloo 112 About two hundred cannon were directed from both sides against the village, which was on fire at several places at once. 1855 Ld. Tennyson Charge Light Brigade ii, in Maud & Other Poems 152 Cannon to right of them, Cannon to left of them, Cannon in front of them Volley'd and thunder'd. 1907 Secret Service 12 Apr. 20/1 It [sc. the earthquake] came upon them like the roar of a thousand cannon. 2015 L. E. Modesitt Madness in Solidar xxxvi. 403 There's definitely a regiment readying to move out. They've got supply wagons and cannon lined up. b. spec. A large mounted gun, usually the second largest in inventories of 16th and 17th cent. cannonry, having a bore of 8 inches (approx. 20 cm) in diameter and typically capable of firing projectiles weighing 60 pounds (approx. 27.2 kg). Now historical.There were many varieties of cannon in the 16th and 17th centuries, classified according to weight and dimensions. The largest listed was often the cannon royal (cannon-royal n. at Compounds 2), followed by the cannon, cannon serpentine (cannon serpentine n. at Compounds 2), bastard cannon (bastard cannon n. at bastard n., adj., and adv. Compounds 1), demi-cannon (demi-cannon n. a), and cannon pedro (cannon pedro n.). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > piece of artillery > [noun] > large or long pieces serpentinec1450 culverin1515 headstick1516 slang1521 sling1547 basilisk1549 basilc1565 Roaring Meg1575 serpitanta1578 whole culverin1577 cannon1587 whole-cannon1589 cannon pedro1625 royal mortar1761 Long Tom1812 serpent1830 twelve-incher1909 Big Bertha1914 big boy1917 Lizzie1925 1587 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Iland Brit. (new ed.) ii. xvi. 198/2 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) I The names of our greatest ordinance..Canon, seauen thousand pounds, and eight inches within the mouth. 1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. xiv. 64 A Canon royal, or double Canon, a Canon, a Canon Serpentine, a bastard Canon, a demy Canon, a Canon Petro, a Culuering, a Basilisco, [etc.]. 1652 T. Elsliot True Mariner 25 The Navigator aforesaid is to take good heed that his ship be very well victualled, and Ammunitioned, both with Basilisquoes, Cannons, Demicannons, Culvering, Demy-Culvering, Mignian and Saker. 1773 F. Grose Antiq. Eng.& Wales I. Pref. 17 According to their caliber, the pieces were stiled, cannon, demi-cannon, calverin, saker, robinet, falcon and base. 1822 W. James Naval Hist. Great Brit. I. 16 The 8½ and 8 inch cannon (cannon-royal and cannon) appear in no one list or abstract of the navy that we have seen. 1954 E. Tunis Weapons 89/2 In the sixteenth century a ‘cannon’ was a gun of a definite size and type, blood brother to the bombard. 1998 G. I. Brown Big Bang v. 59 By the end of the sixteenth century a wide variety of naval guns had been fitted into many different types of ship...There were cannons, cannons serpentine, bastard cannons, demi-cannons, cannons pedro, culverins, [etc.]. c. A heavy automatic gun that fires shells, mounted on an aircraft, tank, warship, etc. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > hostilities in the air > aircraft weapons or equipment > [noun] > aircraft gun cannon1914 waist-gun1942 1914 J. M. Spaight Aircraft in War (App. II) 123 They are forbidden to carry out hostile acts..above neutral States..within a radius determined by the force of the cannon of their aircraft. 1918 Atlantic Monthly Dec. 843/2 The male tank carries two large cannon. 1941 Life 7 July 87/2 Besides rifles, they have 37-mm. cannon, heavy and light machine guns, mortars, submachine guns, pistols. 1949 F. Maclean Eastern Approaches iii. viii. 394 He showed me how the rear cannon fired, and how the intercom. worked. 1993 J. Higgins Thunder Point (1994) ii. 39 Aft was the high gun platform with its 20mm cannon and forward and below him was the deck gun. 2013 Scotl. on Sunday (Nexis) 22 Jan. As a gunner in Apache attack helicopters, Harry flew on scores of missions with his fingers on the triggers of deadly rockets, missiles and a 30mm cannon. 2. Chiefly as the second element of compounds: a device for projecting a material, sound, etc., powerfully. Earliest and chiefly in water cannon n. at water n. Compounds 7. See also snow cannon n. at snow n.¹ Additions. ΚΠ 1891 Cent. Mag. May 140/2 To facilitate the work of the monitor or water-cannon that shot the compressed stream, tunnels were run into the banks [of the mine]. 1921 Sci. Amer. 5 Mar. 183/3 Truly, these schemes are very much like our old friend, the rain producing and anti-hail cannon, in somewhat new dress. 1980 N.Y. Times 9 Mar. xxiii. 2/4 Ski Sundown's snow cannons have been in operation this winter for more than 600 hours at a cost of $100 an hour. 2000 A. B. Cobb Super Science Projects about Sound 17 Your sound cannon produces enough force to blow out a candle. 2008 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 10 Dec. a21/1 The security team..did have..a sonic cannon. The cannon—a long-range acoustic device..shoots sound waves from a dish transmitter. 2013 Herald-Times (Bloomington, Indiana) 29 Aug. a4/2 [He]..began firing a propane-fueled cannon to shoo away doves and other birds that were plucking his nearly ripe hybrid red Marechal Foch grapes. 3. A pistol, a revolver, esp. a large one. U.S. slang. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > small-arm > [noun] > pistol pistolet1550 potguna1556 pistol?1560 snapper1587 pistoletto1647 pop1708 gun1744 cracker1751 stick1781 barking iron1785 barker1815 young gun1822 buffer1824 reporter1827 iron1828 flute1842 cannon1901 1901 ‘J. Flynt’ World of Graft 137 The thief had him covered with his ‘cannon’. 1926 J. Black You can't Win xiii. 185 One of them..started to lug out his ‘cannon’. 1974 J. Nichols Milagro Beanfield War 54 Tranquilino called, ‘Hey, Pancho Villa, you forgot your cannon!’ Amarante returned, almost daintily lifted the weapon off the bar. 2017 A. Abramowitz Bosstown xix. 90 ‘Yeah, well the muthafucka's packing a cannon down the front of his damn shorts..’. Darryl points emphatically at my crotch, where the gun is wedged. 4. A thief, esp. a skilful pickpocket. In later use also: a professional thief whose role is to recover something previously given to a target to gain his or her confidence or assistance. Cf. gun n. 12. Chiefly U.S. slang. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > [noun] > nimble or dexterous mercury1600 conveyor1608 conveyancer1753 cannon1902 1902 Washington Post 20 July 31/5 Gun, cannon, or dip—A pickpocket. 1936 Evening News 9 Dec. 8/5 The art of the ‘dip’ or ‘cannon’, as these light-fingered gentry are known in the underworld, probably reached its climax in the person of ‘Diamond Dick’. 1955 D. W. Maurer in Amer. Dial. Soc. 24 89 Cannon, an intensification..of gun was, and still is, used with some sense of indicating a better-than-ordinary pick-pocket. 1967 ‘Iceberg Slim’ Pimp (1998) v. 67 A cannon with a tired horse face took the vacant stool in my right. His stall took the one on the left. The stall had a yellow fox face. 1976 Observer 23 Nov. (Colour Suppl.) 25/1 A sister..can safely give her target anything, regardless of value or sensitivity, knowing that one of the squad's cannons can be counted on to steal it back. 2003 B. Vincent & B. Arno Trav. Advisory! v. 96 You must travel once you become more than a pickpocket... Once you become playing the cannon, or a whiz, you must travel. II. Something with a cylindrical, tubular, or rounded shape. 5. A horse's bit in which the mouthpiece, sometimes consisting of two parts, is smooth and rounded; this mouthpiece or either of its two parts. Cf. cannon bit n. at Compounds 3. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [noun] > bit kevela1300 barnaclea1382 bitc1385 molanc1400 bridle bit1438 snafflea1533 titup1537 bastonet?1561 cannon?1561 scatch1565 cannon bit1574 snaffle-bit1576 port mouth1589 watering snaffle1593 bell-bit1607 campanel1607 olive1607 pear-bit1607 olive-bit1611 port bit1662 neck-snaffle1686 curb-bit1688 masticador1717 Pelham1742 bridoon1744 slabbering-bit1753 hard and sharp1787 Weymouth1792 bridoon-bit1795 mameluke bit1826 Chiffney-bit1834 training bit1840 ring snaffle1850 gag-snaffle1856 segundo1860 half-moon bit1875 stiff-bit1875 twisted mouth1875 thorn-bit1886 Scamperdale1934 bit-mouth- the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [noun] > bit > parts of cannon?1561 cheek?1561 port?1561 player1566 upset mouth1566 rowel1590 mouth1607 upset1607 liberty1667 mouthpiece1728 top-roll1728 cheekpiece1864 branch1884 bit-maker1902 ?1561 T. Blundeville Newe Bk. Arte of Ryding iii. xxix. sig. F.iiii. He shall not nede the helpe of so many bits, but only of these three, that is the Canon, & the scach, the wholl port with smoth melons, or with oliues, whiche iii. bits with arte do suffise to frame anie horses mouthes of what sort soeuer he be. 1607 G. Markham Cavelarice ii. 50 The first bytt a Horse shold weare, should be a smoothe Cannon. 1759 T. Wallis Farrier's & Horseman's Compl. Dict. at Bit The port-mouth is a cannon with an upset or mounting liberty proper for a horse with a good mouth, but a large tongue. 1805 T. Boardman Dict. Vet. at Bars Though a single cannon bears upon the tongue, the bars are so sensible and tender that they feel the effects of it through the thickness of the tongue. 1884 E. Karr Amer. Horsewoman iii. 89 The bit must then be adjusted..in such a manner that the canons of the mouth-piece will rest on the bars of the horse's mouth. 1937 Man. Horsemastership, Equitation, & Animal Transport (War Office) ii. 48 The mouthpiece with port mouth and canons is the steel bar which joins the cheeks of the bit. The straight parts are called canons. 1963 L. F. Bloodgood & P. Santini Horseman's Dict. 20 The sides of the mouthpiece, which rest on the bars of the mouth, being termed Canons of the bit. †6. A tube, a cylindrical cavity. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > curved three-dimensional shape or body > cylinder > [noun] > quality of being hollow cylinder > hollow cylinder or tube pipeOE channela1387 cannela1400 canal?a1425 trump?1440 tunnel1545 clyster1578 cannon1588 bugle1615 tube1658 1588 C. Lucar in tr. N. Tartaglia 3 Bks. Shooting i. xii. 30 (heading) How long the Canon or concauitie of euery Peece of Artillerie ought to bee. 1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique iii. xviii. 455 You must make fast the foresaid cannon [Fr. canon] of the said barke of the new branch. 1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies v. ix. 353 A small canon of cristall [Sp. vn cannutillo christalino], in length half a foote. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Trajectoire, the cannon, or taile of a perfuming funnell. 7. A metal loop on the top of a bell by which the bell is hung; = ear n.¹ 7b. Cf. canon n.¹ 14. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > percussion instrument > bell > [noun] > other parts yokeOE stirrup1341 cod1379 bell-string1464 frame1474 stock1474 ear1484 poop1507 bell-wheel1529 skirt1555 guarder1583 imp1595 tab1607 jennet1615 pluck1637 bell-rope1638 cagea1640 cannon1668 stilt1672 canon1688 crown1688 sound-bow1688 belfry1753 furniture1756 sounding bow1756 earlet1833 brima1849 busk-board1851 headstock1851 sally hole1851 slider1871 mushroom head1872 sally beam1872 pit1874 tolling-lever1874 sally-pin1879 sally-pulley1901 sally-wheel1901 1668 Tintinnalogia 134 Find out whether the Cannons be upright and true, then raise the Bell up by some Rope tyed to the Cannons, and so that the Bell hang level. 1872 H. T. Ellacombe Bells of Church i. 4 The ear or cannon on its top or crown, by which it is hung..in the tower. 1985 E. V. Williams Bells of Russia 243/2 Cannons are the bronze loops that rise from the head..or top plate of a bell. 8. Mechanics. †a. The hollow barrel of a watch-key. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > time > instruments for measuring time > watch > [noun] > parts of barrel1591 motion1605 bezel1616 fusee1622 string1638 crown wheel1646 out-case1651 watch-box1656 nuck1664 watchwork1667 balance-wheel1669 box1675 dial wheel1675 counter-potence1678 pendulum-balance1680 watch-case1681 pillar1684 contrate teeth1696 pinion of report1696 watch-hook1698 bob-balance1701 half-cock1701 potence1704 verge1704 pad1705 movable1709 jewel1711 pendant1721 crystal1722 watch-key1723 pendulum spring1728 lock spring1741 watch-glass1742 watch-spring1761 all-or-nothing piece1764 watch hand1764 cylinder1765 cannon?1780 cannon1802 stackfreed1819 pillar plate1821 little hand1829 hair-spring1830 lunette1832 all-or-nothing1843 locking1851 slag1857 staff1860 case spring1866 stem1866 balance-cock1874 watch-dial1875 balance-spring1881 balance-staff1881 Breguet spring1881 overcoil1881 surprise-piece1881 brass edge1884 button turn1884 fourth wheel1884 fusee-sink1884 pair-case1884 silver bar1884 silver piece1884 slang1884 top plate1884 karrusel1893 watch-face1893 watch bracelet1896 bar-movement1903 jewel pivot1907 jewel bearing1954 ?1780 S. Thorogood Descr. New Watch Key 3 Тhe worm-spring (A) is put into the cannon (В), with a piece of steel half the length of the worm, in the inside of it. 1876 U.S. Patent 173,848 in Specif. & Drawings Patents Feb. 1044/1 A watchkey..is acted upon by a band or other spring, b, that tends to throw the cannon of the key through a guide-hole to the outside of the case, so that the key protrudes sufficiently to be used for winding the watch. b. A barrel or hollow cylindrical piece capable of revolving independently on a shaft, with a greater or lesser velocity than that of the shaft; esp. (in a clock or watch) a cannon wheel or cannon pinion, or the extended tubular part of one of these.Cf. cannon pinion n., cannon wheel n. (b) at Compounds 3. ΘΚΠ the world > time > instruments for measuring time > clock > [noun] > part(s) of nut1428 peise1428 plumbc1450 Jack1498 clockwork1516 larum1542 Jack of the clockhouse1563 watch-wheel1568 work1570 plummeta1578 Jack of the clock1581 snail-cam1591 snail-work1591 pointer1596 quarter jack1604 mainspring1605 winder1606 notch-wheel1611 fusee1622 count-wheel1647 jack-wheel1647 frame1658 arbor1659 balance1660 fuse1674 hour-figure1675 stop1675 pallet1676 regulator1676 cock1678 movement1678 detent1688 savage1690 clock1696 pinwheel1696 starred wheel1696 swing-wheel1696 warning-wheel1696 watch1696 watch-part1696 hoop-wheel1704 hour-wheel1704 snail1714 step-wheel1714 tide-work1739 train1751 crutch1753 cannon pinion1764 rising board1769 remontoire1774 escapement1779 clock jack1784 locking plate1786 scapement1789 motion work1795 anchor escapement1798 scape1798 star-wheel1798 recoil escapement1800 recoiling pallet1801 recoiling scapement1801 cannon1802 hammer-tail1805 recoiling escapement1805 bottle jack1810 renovating spring1812 quarter-boy1815 pin tooth1817 solar wheel1819 impulse-teeth1825 pendulum wheel1825 pallet arbor1826 rewinder1826 rack hook1829 snail-wheel1831 quarter bell1832 tow1834 star pulley1836 watch train1838 clock train1843 raising-piece1843 wheelwork1843 gravity escapement1850 jumper1850 vertical escapement1850 time train1853 pin pallet1860 spade1862 dead well1867 stop-work1869 ringer1873 strike-or-silent1875 warning-piece1875 guard-pin1879 pendulum cock1881 warning-lever1881 beat-pin1883 fusee-piece1884 fusee-snail1884 shutter1884 tourbillion1884 tumbler1884 virgule1884 foliot1899 grasshopper1899 grasshopper escapement1899 trunk1899 pin lever1908 clock spring1933 the world > time > instruments for measuring time > watch > [noun] > parts of barrel1591 motion1605 bezel1616 fusee1622 string1638 crown wheel1646 out-case1651 watch-box1656 nuck1664 watchwork1667 balance-wheel1669 box1675 dial wheel1675 counter-potence1678 pendulum-balance1680 watch-case1681 pillar1684 contrate teeth1696 pinion of report1696 watch-hook1698 bob-balance1701 half-cock1701 potence1704 verge1704 pad1705 movable1709 jewel1711 pendant1721 crystal1722 watch-key1723 pendulum spring1728 lock spring1741 watch-glass1742 watch-spring1761 all-or-nothing piece1764 watch hand1764 cylinder1765 cannon?1780 cannon1802 stackfreed1819 pillar plate1821 little hand1829 hair-spring1830 lunette1832 all-or-nothing1843 locking1851 slag1857 staff1860 case spring1866 stem1866 balance-cock1874 watch-dial1875 balance-spring1881 balance-staff1881 Breguet spring1881 overcoil1881 surprise-piece1881 brass edge1884 button turn1884 fourth wheel1884 fusee-sink1884 pair-case1884 silver bar1884 silver piece1884 slang1884 top plate1884 karrusel1893 watch-face1893 watch bracelet1896 bar-movement1903 jewel pivot1907 jewel bearing1954 1802 Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 5 85 The cannon E and circle DD are made to revolve once a year in the following manner. 1832 Edinb. Encycl. X. 482/2 Q is the cannon pinion, put spring tight on the arbor of the second wheel, whose socket or cannon goes outside or beyond the dial, where it is squared for the purpose of the minute hand being put on it. 1852 T. Baker Elements Mechanism i. iv. 40 Two separate wheels a and b may revolve concentrically, that is, on the same axle; the wheel b is fixed to the axle c c, and the wheel a to a tube or cannon d, which turns freely on c c. 1867 Amer. Artisan 5 June 481/1 This cannon is of hollow wire, clinched or soldered to the star wheel. 1881 F. J. Britten Watch & Clockmaker's Handbk. (ed. 4) 148 There is an advantage in making the canon the larger pinion. 1976 U.S. Patent 3,945,197 2 The minutes shaft being not situated in the centre of the movement..it carries a cannon-pinion, meshing with an intermediate wheel..meshing with a second cannon-pinion, the cannon of which carries the minute hand. 9. In the horse: the bone located between the knee and the fetlock joint (in the foreleg) or the hock and the fetlock joint (in the hind leg); = cannon bone n. Also: the section of the leg in which this bone is situated. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > constituent materials > [noun] > metacarpal or metatarsal cannon bone1755 cannon1795 gamba1842 1795 tr. C. Vial de Sainbel Ess. Proportions Eclipse 36 (table) in Wks. C. Vial de Sainbel The canon or shank. 1802 E. Coleman Foot of Horse II. i. 20 The upper head [of the large pastern bone] has three concavities; one in the centre, to receive the middle and narrow convexity of the lower end of the cannon, and two large, but superficial concavities. 1892 S. J. J. Harger tr. A. Goubaux & G. Barrier Exterior of Horse (ed. 2) 279 The canon is the region of the members which extends vertically from the knee or the hock to the fetlock. 1955 W. S. Codrington Know your Horse (1976) iii. 26 ‘Bone’ is a term meant to convey the measurement of the cannon region immediately beneath the knee. 1992 C. McCarthy All Pretty Horses (1993) ii. 128 The stout thighbones and knee and cannon and the tendons like flaxen hawsers. 2007 Horse & Rider Oct. 153/2 Bench knees—The cannon bone is set to the outside of the knee, placing stress on the inside of the cannon. †10. Each of a row of empty tubular retorts used to direct and moderate the heat of the furnace during the refining of zinc. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1873 Trans. Amer. Inst. Mining Engineers 1871–3 1 74 Beneath the retorts is placed a row of six so-called cannons to break the heat. 1908 W. R. Ingalls Lead & Zinc U.S. xxii. 321 The lower row of retorts was protected from the radiated heat of the fire by a row of thick tubes, called cannons, about the same size as the retorts, but open at both ends. III. A powerful impact. 11. a. Billiards, Snooker, etc. A stroke in which the cue ball is made to hit more than one ball successively. Cf. carambole n. 2, carom n.anchor cannon, nursery cannon, etc.: see the first element. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > billiards, pool, or snooker > [noun] > actions or types of play > type of stroke hazard1674 carambole1775 carom1779 cannon1802 screw1825 sidestroke1834 following stroke1837 cannonade1844 five-stroke1847 follow1850 scratch1850 fluke1857 jenny1857 bank shot1859 angle shot1860 draw shot1860 six-stroke1861 run-through1862 spot1868 quill1869 dead-stroke1873 loser1873 push1873 push stroke1873 stab1873 stab screw1873 draw1881 force1881 plant1884 anchor cannon1893 massé1901 angle1902 cradle-cannon1907 pot1907 jump shot1909 carry-along1913 snooker1924 1802 Monthly Rev. Apr. 444 When the person making a stroke, at the Red or Carambole Game, hits both his adversary's and the red ball, the stroke is commonly termed a cannon: but it is here properly styled a Caram, or Carambole. 1844 E. R. Mardon Billiards 4 Scoring canons and hazards. 1872 W. Black Strange Adventures Phaeton xi. 157 Even when he got a good chance of a cannon, the smallness of the balls caused him to fail entirely. 1939 P. G. Wodehouse Uncle Fred in Springtime xi. 148 He found the young man eventually in the billiard-room, practising solitary cannons. 1986 Times (Nexis) 25 Apr. Knowles delivered his match winning blow..with a crucial pot via the side cushion, playing a cannon from one red to another. 2003 Western Mail (Cardiff) (Nexis) 6 May 21 He declined laying a nasty snooker behind three colours to pot the blue and send the white the length of the table for a perfect cannon on the final red. 2017 South Wales Argus (Nexis) 29 Aug. Billiards is a relatively simple game... Potting the red and making a cannon in the same shot is three points plus two points. †b. In extended use. A forceful or violent collision. Cf. cannon v. 3. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > [noun] > forcible, heavy, or violent > collision > rebounding cannon1806 cannoning1841 1806 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life I. vii. 144 Briskly stooping to pick up a lady's fan, at the same moment when two other gentlemen are doing the same, and so making a cannon with your head against both of theirs. 1876 Coursing Cal. 35 Bellini came best out of a cannon, and never let Hawkseye have a look in, except to kill. Phrases †P1. to ride the cannon: (perhaps) to be punished by having to sit astride a cannon while it is being fired. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1621 L. Hughes Relation of Goodnes of God towards Sommer Ilands sig. B4 Two of the most notorious of them were punished, the one whipped at the whipping Post, the other (because he was a Souldier) did ride the Cannon, shot off full charged, which did shake him terribly. a1639 J. Spottiswood Hist. Church Scotl. (1655) v. 239 He was apprehended, and by sentence of the Council of War condemned to ride the Cannon. P2. See also loose cannon n. Compounds C1. a. General attributive chiefly in sense 1a, as cannon bore, cannon flash, cannon powder, cannon smoke, etc.See also cannonball n. and adj., cannon-basket n., etc. ΚΠ 1569 E. Fenton tr. P. Boaistuau Certaine Secrete Wonders Nature f. 19^v Great store of Canon pouder commonly called Gunpouder. 1598 J. Marston Scourge of Villanie ii. vii. sig. F2 His new stampt complement, his Cannon oathes. 1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. xiv. 71 Serpentine powder in old time was in meale, but now corned and made stronger, and called Canon corne powder. a1640 W. Fenner XXIX Choice Serm. (1657) 409 Your Cannon Bore is warped, so your bullet goes beside the mark. 1663 Marquis of Worcester Cent. Names & Scantlings Inventions §64 So clear from danger, that..a Pound of Butter did not melt being laid upon the Cannon-britch. 1663 W. Davenant Siege of Rhodes: 2nd Pt. ii. 19 With smoke of Cannon-Clouds. 1742 B. Robins New Princ. Gunnery Pref. p. xxxv (note) We learn from Tartalea, that the cannon powder in his time..was made of four parts salt-petre, one part sulphur, and one part charcoal. 1822 London Mag. Dec. 537 The streaming lightning, and the tempest's dash, The Waving cutlass, and the cannon flash. 1852 E. Bulwer-Lytton My Novel xii. xix. in Blackwood's Mag. Nov. 576/2 So fair and so tranquil he might have looked through the cannon-reek at Ramilies and Blenheim, suggesting to Addison the image of an angel of war. 1865 H. James in Atlantic Monthly Mar. 258/1 A rolling canopy of cannon-smoke. 1902 Westm. Gaz. 24 Nov. 12/1 Cannon-casting is the staple industry, and especially the manufacture of breech-loading guns. 1936 M. Mitchell Gone with the Wind iii. xix. 330 Cannon smoke..hung over the town like thunder clouds. 1937 Pop. Mech. June 4A Plane engine has cannon bore in prop shaft. 2012 M. Stephenson Last Full Meas. iii. 101 The gunner's art lay in setting the trajectory and trimming the fuse (which was ignited by the cannon flash). b. Parasynthetic, instrumental, and similative, as cannon-mouthed, cannon-smoked, etc. ΚΠ 1567 in P. F. Tytler Hist. Scotl. (1864) III. 264 Knox thundered out..cannon-hot against her. 1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 59 When the fame of the king of fishes was canon-rored in her eares [printed eates]. 1613 J. Boys Expos. Last Psalm 8 These bellowing Buls of Basan, and Canon-mouthed hell-hounds would haue made on this day such a roare. 1651 W. Davenant Gondibert ii. xxxv Deep Cannon Mouth'd experienc'd Hounds. 1790 J. Bruce Trav. Source Nile II. 678 There is a kind of glass bottle..the neck is wider, like that of our glass decanters,..and the lips of it folded back, such as we call cannon-mouthed. 1813 R. Wilson Private Diary II. 147 My new order ribbon: it is not in itself beautiful, but it becomes so when cannon-smoked. 1844 E. B. Barrett Poems II. 149 Room for the dead in Paris! welcome solemn And grave-deep, 'neath the cannon-moulded column! 1898 Photogr. News 14 Jan. 27/1 I fancied my face flattening and spreading out to the size of a cheese-box under the glassy stare of the cannon-mouthed lens. 1955 W. Y. Carman Hist. Firearms vii. 137 These pistols with a cannon-shaped barrel were in use in Charles the First's reign. 2002 R. L. Contreras New Amer. Majority ix. 197 He..proceeded to dig cannon sized trenches in which he mounted his own heavy cannon. C2. With postmodifying adjective, in sense 1a. cannon-royal n. now historical a very large cannon, having a bore of 8.5 inches (approx. 22 cm) in diameter and typically capable of firing projectiles weighing 66 pounds (approx. 30 kg), usually the largest cannon listed in inventories of 16th and 17th cent. cannonry: see sense 1b. ΚΠ 1564 W. Bullein Dialogue against Feuer Pestilence (new ed.) f. 70^v There are birdes that doe lye in a rocke, where Dragons are, whose Fethers in their winges are thirtie foote long, the quill as bigge as a Canon roiall. 1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant i. 8 Upon this Bastion there is a fair Basilick, or Canon-Royal. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Cannon Cannon Royal;..Weight..8000lib. Length..12 Feet. 1833 Morning Post 23 Dec. A cannon royal or 66-pounder was loaded with 30lb. of powder. 1922 R. Sabatini Capt. Blood (U.S. ed.) xvi. 183 With a roar the cannons-royal proclaimed themselves, and the Arabella staggered under a blow that smashed her bulwarks. 2003 Times 11 June 33/7 Recent writers identify it [sc. the carthoun]..with the cannon-royal. cannon serpentine n. now historical a large cannon, having a bore of 7.5 inches (approx. 19 cm) in diameter and typically capable of firing projectiles weighing 53.3 pounds (approx. 24.1 kg), often listed in inventories of 16th and 17th cent. cannonry: see sense 1b. ΚΠ 1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. xiv. 64 A Canon royal, or double Canon, a Canon, a Canon Serpentine, a bastard Canon, a demy Canon, a Canon Petro, a Culuering, a Basilisco, [etc.]. 1682 ‘Mother Greg’ Burgess Ticket Buckhaven 3 And for that effect the said Alexander Bryson be armed with Munsmegs, Morter-pieces, Cannon-royal, Cannon-ordinarie, Cannon Serpentine, [etc.] 1822 W. James Naval Hist. Great Brit. I. 16 We at once identify the gun to be either the cannon-serpentine or the bastard-cannon of sir William Monson. 1998 G. I. Brown Big Bang v. 59 By the end of the sixteenth century a wide variety of naval guns had been fitted into many different types of ship... There were cannons, cannons serpentine, bastard cannons, demi-cannons, cannons pedro, culverins, [etc.]. C3. cannon bit n. a horse's bit in which the mouthpiece is smooth and rounded; this mouthpiece; cf. sense 5. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [noun] > bit kevela1300 barnaclea1382 bitc1385 molanc1400 bridle bit1438 snafflea1533 titup1537 bastonet?1561 cannon?1561 scatch1565 cannon bit1574 snaffle-bit1576 port mouth1589 watering snaffle1593 bell-bit1607 campanel1607 olive1607 pear-bit1607 olive-bit1611 port bit1662 neck-snaffle1686 curb-bit1688 masticador1717 Pelham1742 bridoon1744 slabbering-bit1753 hard and sharp1787 Weymouth1792 bridoon-bit1795 mameluke bit1826 Chiffney-bit1834 training bit1840 ring snaffle1850 gag-snaffle1856 segundo1860 half-moon bit1875 stiff-bit1875 twisted mouth1875 thorn-bit1886 Scamperdale1934 bit-mouth- 1574 in Hist. MSS Comm.: Rep. MSS Ld. Middleton (1911) 445 in Parl. Papers (Cd. 5567) XXVII. 1 To John Tyrer for iij. cannon bittes... viijs. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. vii. sig. G3^v Could menage faire, His stubborne steed with curbed canon bitt. 1617 J. Lane Contin. Squire's Tale 273 The bitt, a canon bytt. 1696 R. Howlett School Recreat. (new ed.) 20 Your Horse being brought thus far to perfection..now let a gentle Cavezan take their place; with a smooth Cannon-Bit in his Mouth. 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Canon bit, that part of the bit let into the horse's mouth. 1901 L. Bazet Pract. Med. Facts for San Francisco Police 74 Usually the cannon-bit lies between the molars at the end of the mouth. 2012 E. M. Tobey in P. Edwards et al. Horse as Cultural Icon i. 168 He bought an antique Cannon bit and used it on his own horse, who was extremely responsive and comfortable with it. cannon blast n. the destructive physical force of cannon fire; an instance of a cannon or cannons being fired; the sound of this; also in extended use. ΚΠ 1580 T. Churchyard Light Bondell Disc.: Churchyards Charge 15 What fort or holde is halfe so strong, that euer man could make, But poulders force and Cannon blast, can make it doune to shake. 1844 ‘B. Cornwall’ Eng. Songs (new ed.) 63 The cannon blast, That just now passed, Hath awakened ten thousand men. 1885 R. Buchanan Master of Mine I. xii. 175 Gusts, fitful though terrible—very cannon blasts of air. 1955 Sun (Baltimore) 20 Aug. 2/7 The Army's need was..for rugged devices which would be undisturbed by cannon blast or moisture or heat or cold. 2007 I. McDonald Brasyl 178 Falcon..pulled the trigger. The explosion was like a cannon blast. cannon bullet n. now rare a cannonball. ΚΠ 1578 T. Churchyard Disc. Queenes Entertainem. sig. K.ij At length the Cannon bullet flyes. 1724 I. Watts Logick i. ii. §4 It is slow when compared with a cannon-bullet. 1882 J. H. Shorthouse John Inglesant (new ed.) II. 378 More than once a cannon bullet burst into the Minster. 2017 A. B. Gettu Fear Not viii. 215 We found two cannon bullets, but it was very heavy to carry even one cannon bullet. † cannon-clock n. Obsolete a cannon with a lens fixed over the vent in such a way as to focus the sun's rays when at their highest and ignite the priming. ΚΠ 1832 Leicester Chron. 6 Oct. Cannon Clock... A burning-glass is fixed over the vent of a cannon, so that the sun's rays, at the moment of its passing the meridian, are concentrated by the glass, on the priming, and the piece is fired. 1897 Chums 3 Mar. 446/1 This very alarming timepiece was outdone by a cannon-clock in Paris in 1832. 1918 E. S. Farrow Dict. Mil. Terms (rev. ed.) 102 Cannon-clock, a cannon with a burning glass over the vent, so as to fire the priming when the sun reaches the meridian. cannon cracker n. originally and chiefly U.S. (now historical or rare) (a name for) a large and powerful firecracker. ΚΠ 1854 Daily Whig & Courier 23 May James G. Hovey, pyrotechnist,..now offers..rockets, pigeons, double headers.., Roman candles, Bengal lights.., and cannon crackers, &c. 1904 St. Nicholas July 814/1 And then our cannon-crackers (And my! but they were whackers!) made grandma say, ‘Oh, mercy me! you must n't do that boys’! 1971 Gettysburg (Pa.) Times 6 July 4/2 The only accident on the Fourth happened to Donald Swope... A cannon cracker exploded while in his right hand. 2012 K. L. Kosanke et al. Encycl. Dict. Pyrotechnics III. 974/2 In the past, cannon crackers might also be considered ground salutes. cannon fever n. now rare and historical severe anxiety and stress caused by exposure to cannon fire on the battlefield; a fear of battle arising from this; cf. shell shock n. 1a. ΚΠ 1807 J. R. Shaw Narr. Life & Travels. viii. 122 Some of our party..were immediately seized with the cannon fever, and retreated with all possible expedition. 1833 Edinb. Rev. 57 381 That..exciting sensation known to military men by the name of the cannon-fever. 1934 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 8 Sept. 498/1 Instead of shell-shock, we were taught of ‘cannon fever’ as the cause of nervous troubles after a war. 1987 J. I. Robertson Blue & Gray 221 Soldiers usually referred to cowards as men suffering from ‘cannon fever’. cannon fire n. the (repeated) firing of a cannon or cannons; bombardment by cannon; also (and in earliest use) figurative.Quot. a1616 is regarded by most modern editors (following the emendations of Capell or Dyce) as showing independent uses of cannon and fire, but cf. quot. 1725. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > management of artillery > [noun] > bombardment battery1548 cannonade1562 cannonading1637 bombarding1687 bomb battery1695 bombardment1702 cannon fire1725 bombard1807 shelling1860 hate1915 barrage1916 box barrage1916 creeping barrage1916 area bombardment1918 area shoot1919 shoot1941 stonk1944 a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) ii. i. 463 He speakes plaine Cannon fire [1768 Capell cannon, fire, 1857 Dyce cannon,—fire], and smoake, and bounce.] 1725 Shakespeare's King John ii. i. 463 in A. Pope Wks. Shakespear III. 139 What cannoneer begot this lusty blood? He speaks plain cannon-fire, and smoak and bounce. 1788 C. Crauford & R. Crauford tr. J. G. Tielke Acct. War between Prussians, Austrians & Russians I. iv. 258 It must be a fixed principle..never to expose cavalry to the cannon fire when it can be avoided. 1877 Daily News 24 May 5/5 There had been pretty free exchanges of cannon fire between the Roumanian batteries and the Turkish cannon about Turtukai. 1940 New Castle (Pa.) News 17 June 1/1 The sound of cannonfire receded from Paris today as thousands of refugees streamed slowly back into their capital. 2014 K. L. Privatsky Logistics in Falklands War xi. 218 Artillery, cannon fire and bombs..had crippled local services. cannon fly n. Angling (now rare) = oak fly n. at oak n. Compounds 3. ΚΠ ?1758 R. Bowlker Art of Angling Improved 56 Canon, or Down-hill Fly. 1799 tr. Laboratory (ed. 6) II. x. 297 The oak-fly. Some call this..the cannon-fly. 1932 A. C. Williams Trout Flies xx. 190 From its [sc. the Oak Fly's] characteristic attitude of resting head downwards, it is commonly known as the ‘Down Looker’. Other local names are Woodcock Fly, Cannon Fly and Ash Fly. cannon foundry n. a foundry where cannons are cast. ΚΠ 1756 Whitehall Evening-post 23–25 Mar. In the Cannon Foundery and Arsenal at Douay they are continually at Work, Sundays not excepted. 1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Stove-truck, a truck employed in cannon-foundries for moving pieces of ordnance. 1974 J. F. Guilmartin Gunpowder & Galleys i. 44 The cannon foundries of the Tophane were directly dependent upon English tin which they could get only through Genoese entrepreneurs. 2006 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 2 Dec. (Motoring section) 5 The old Tredegar Ironworks, where they made cannons for the Confederate forces—just as Paul Revere had opened a cannon foundry in Boston in 1788. cannon lock n. now historical any of various simple mechanisms used to fire a cannon, typically by means of a metal hammer which strikes the powder. ΚΠ 1794 Whitehall Evening Post 22–24 Apr. Cannon Locks 250; Cartridges, Thirty-six Pounders, filled 120. 1860 A. Mordecai Rep. Mil. Comm. Europe 98 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (36th Congr., 1st Sess: Senate Executive Doc. 15) XV The field artillery do not use cannon locks, but fire with friction tubes, or common tubes and portfires. 2011 J. Foley in S. C. Tucker et al. Civil War Naval Encycl. I. 273 Ignition was accomplished by means of a cannon lock and primer. cannon metal n. metal used for making cannons; spec. a variety of bronze; cf. gunmetal n. 1. ΚΠ 1731 H. Pemberton Scheme for Course Chym. 13 Other mixtures; whence bell-metal, cannon-metal, the metal of organ pipes.., solders of all kinds. 1850 J. C. Booth & C. Morfit Encycl. Chem. 122/2 Cannon metal, 90 copper + 10 tin, is less oxidable than copper. 2009 Evening Times (Glasgow) (Nexis) 16 Jan. 28 The bronze statue of Sir John [Moore] in George Square was built in 1819 and was cast from cannon metal. cannon-mouth n. (a) the mouth of a cannon (sense 1a); †(b) the mouthpiece of a horse's cannon-bit (obsolete). ΚΠ 1580 T. Churchyard Pleasaunte Laborinth: Churchyardes Chance f. 33^v At Cannon mouthe, then laye doune idell Rimes, And win the reste, by death and losse of blood. 1696 W. Hope tr. J. de Solleysel Parfait Mareschal i. lxxx. (caption) A plain round or Canon Mouth and only joynted in y^e Middle, to make a kind of Liberty for the Tongue. 1726 N. B. Farrier's & Horseman's Dict. 64 Bit-mouths are of different Sorts: some are Single-canon mouths, and some have Canon-mouths with an upset or mounting Liberty. 1805 T. Boardman Dict. Vet. Art at Bitt Of the bitts in use, besides the snaffel, or small watering bitt, there is the cannon-mouth jointed in the middle, which always preserves a horse's mouth. 1808 W. Scott Marmion vi. xxiii. 351 And distant salutation past From the loud cannon mouth. 1962 Chron.-Telegram (Elyria, Ohio) 18 Aug. 14/3 The ramrod slammed from the cannon mouth, inflicting a minor arm injury on Stanton. 2011 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 12 Feb. (Mag.) 64 He parted the seaweed and found himself staring into a cannon-mouth. It was a 17th-century ship. cannon pinion n. (in watches and clocks) a pinion (pinion n.⁴) in the form of a hollow cylinder or having a tubular extension that fits around a shaft, esp. one that drives the minute wheel, typically fitted on to the centre arbor and projecting through the face to bear the minute hand. ΘΚΠ the world > time > instruments for measuring time > clock > [noun] > part(s) of nut1428 peise1428 plumbc1450 Jack1498 clockwork1516 larum1542 Jack of the clockhouse1563 watch-wheel1568 work1570 plummeta1578 Jack of the clock1581 snail-cam1591 snail-work1591 pointer1596 quarter jack1604 mainspring1605 winder1606 notch-wheel1611 fusee1622 count-wheel1647 jack-wheel1647 frame1658 arbor1659 balance1660 fuse1674 hour-figure1675 stop1675 pallet1676 regulator1676 cock1678 movement1678 detent1688 savage1690 clock1696 pinwheel1696 starred wheel1696 swing-wheel1696 warning-wheel1696 watch1696 watch-part1696 hoop-wheel1704 hour-wheel1704 snail1714 step-wheel1714 tide-work1739 train1751 crutch1753 cannon pinion1764 rising board1769 remontoire1774 escapement1779 clock jack1784 locking plate1786 scapement1789 motion work1795 anchor escapement1798 scape1798 star-wheel1798 recoil escapement1800 recoiling pallet1801 recoiling scapement1801 cannon1802 hammer-tail1805 recoiling escapement1805 bottle jack1810 renovating spring1812 quarter-boy1815 pin tooth1817 solar wheel1819 impulse-teeth1825 pendulum wheel1825 pallet arbor1826 rewinder1826 rack hook1829 snail-wheel1831 quarter bell1832 tow1834 star pulley1836 watch train1838 clock train1843 raising-piece1843 wheelwork1843 gravity escapement1850 jumper1850 vertical escapement1850 time train1853 pin pallet1860 spade1862 dead well1867 stop-work1869 ringer1873 strike-or-silent1875 warning-piece1875 guard-pin1879 pendulum cock1881 warning-lever1881 beat-pin1883 fusee-piece1884 fusee-snail1884 shutter1884 tourbillion1884 tumbler1884 virgule1884 foliot1899 grasshopper1899 grasshopper escapement1899 trunk1899 pin lever1908 clock spring1933 1764 St. James's Chron. 7 June The Quarter and Half Quarter Snail and Cannon Pinion, 2-3ds of a gr[ain]. 1881 F. J. Britten Watch & Clockmakers' Handbk. (ed. 4) 148 With a small canon pinion the oil is almost invariably drawn away from the centre wheel lower pivot. 1996 G. Wilson et al. European Clocks J. Paul Getty Mus. 160/1 The arbor of the third wheel holds the cannon pinion (36), a part of the motion work.., and the minute hand. cannon shell n. an explosive projectile or bomb designed to be fired by a cannon or other large calibre gun. ΚΠ 1760 London Evening-post 24–26 June A Gentleman formerly belonging to the Royal Navy, has invented a Cannon Shell of a new Construction for Naval Service, to answer the Purpose of a Bomb. 1945 Daily Tel. 23 Feb. 1 Fighters..and..bombers..smashing with rockets, bombs, cannon shells and machine-gun bullets at road and rail bridges, trains, [etc.]. 2009 P. W. Singer Wired for War i. ii. 57 Rather than wait to be blown up by a 2,000-pound cannon shell, [the soldiers] waved white bedsheets and undershirts at the drone. cannon stove n. a cast-iron stove shaped somewhat like a cannon, often with a rounded firepot. ΚΠ 1764 Pennsylvania Gaz. 26 Apr. 3/3 The esteemed Cannon-stoves are yet sold by him. 1881 Metal Worker 15 Jan. 24/1 (advt.) For sale—New patterns of cooks, ranges, parlor & cannon stoves. 1932 F. B. Linderman Pretty-shield xiii. 92 The plains were white with snow..when I went to the schoolhouse to get a fire going in the cannon stove. 2009 Commercial-News (Danville, Illinois) (Nexis) 12 Sept. In 1958 a gas furnace replaced two old cannon stoves. cannon wheel n. (a) each of the wheels of a gun carriage bearing a cannon (now historical); (b) a toothed wheel with a central hole extended into a tube that fits around a shaft; (in watches and clocks) a cannon pinion, or a wheel which bears the cannon pinion. ΚΠ 1579 T. Churchyard Gen. Rehearsall Warres sig. Mii^v But he is to be accounted the couragious Soldiour, that is giuen by his owne disposition, to delight and folowe the Cannon wheele. 1795 A. W. Radcliffe Journey through Holland 230 They cut the harness of the horses, broke the cannon wheels, and themselves opened the gates to the Prussians. 1819 A. Rees Cycl. XI. at Dial The calliper is so laid down, that a cannon wheel revolves in a minute. 1999 J. Elliot Unexpected Light (2000) ix. 333 A cavalry officer..venting his frustration on sepoys struggling to extract a cannon wheel from a rut. 2017 J. Betts Marine Chronometers at Greenwich ii. 225 The minute wheel meshes with the cannon wheel, and the minute pinion meshes with the hour wheel. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online June 2022). cannonn.² Brit. /ˈkanən/, U.S. /ˈkænən/ Origin: Apparently a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: cannon n.¹, cannon , canion n. Etymology: Apparently an extended use of either cannon n.¹ or cannon, variant of canion n. Now historical. In full cannon curl. A cylindrical and usually horizontal curl in the hair or in a wig, resembling either a cannon or the canions worn around the knees between stockings and breeches (see canion n.). Chiefly in plural. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > hair > hair of head > curl > [noun] feak1548 lovelock1592 crisple1594 curl1604 cockle1608 crisp1638 ringlet1645 cockera1653 heartbreaker1654 moustache1662 confidenta1685 cruchea1685 passagerea1685 favourite1690 wimpler1724 cannon1774 whisker1786 favori1801 curlet1803 tendril1814 sausage curl1828 spit-curl1831 crimp1855 curdle1860 number sices1861 whiskerette1880 1774 Westm. Mag. Feb. 93/1 The fop admire his essenc'd face, Or pleas'd, compose his cannon curl. c1800 Mem. Mary Somerville (1873) iii. 41 He wore a powdered wig, with cannons at the ears, and a pigtail. 1858 ‘G. Eliot’ Janet's Repentance ii, in Scenes Clerical Life II. 63 Old Lawyer Pittman's daughters, with cannon curls surmounted by large hats. 1890 Standard 5 Apr. Good Queen Adelaide caps were ironed and pleated to rest on the ‘cannon’ curls. 1920 Country Life 10 Apr. 486/2 Her hair was snow-white, in thick cannon-curls round a square forehead. 2008 F. Howley Slavers, Traders & Privateers v. 107 Many had plaited their hair at the back, while nearly all wore short powdered wigs with cannon curls at the back and sides. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). cannonv. Brit. /ˈkanən/, U.S. /ˈkænən/ Forms: see cannon n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: cannon n.¹ Etymology: < cannon n.¹Compare Middle French, French canonner (1534), Italian cannonare (1570 or earlier; now rare). †1. transitive. To attack with cannon or heavy artillery; to discharge cannon against. Also intransitive: to discharge a cannon. Earliest in figurative context. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > management of artillery > operate (artillery) [verb (transitive)] > bombard ding1548 to lay battery to1548 cannon1567 thunder1590 cannonade1637 bombard1686 bomb1694 shell1827 plonk1874 plaster1914 bump1915 labour1915 water1915 barragea1917 paste1942 stonk1944 1567 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure II. xxviii. f. 292^v Lady Boeme..resisting two mighty barons, that canoned the walles and well mured rampart of hir pudicitie. 1595 E. Hoby tr. L.-V. de La Popelinière Hist. France ii. 108 Hedin began to bee cannoned the seuenteenth of December most furiously. 1673 R. Honywood tr. B. Nani Hist. Republick of Venice iii. 95 The Fleets cannoned a whole day at random with more shots than blows. 1693 tr. J. Le Clerc Mem. Count Teckely i. 43 At break of day they began to Cannon the Imperialists. 1865 Spectator 7 Jan. 5 He must..cannon them into material civilization. 2. intransitive and transitive. Billiards, Snooker, etc. To strike (the cue ball) so that it hits more than one ball in turn; to hit (another ball) as part of a cannon (cannon n.¹ 11a). Also with on, off, etc. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > billiards, pool, or snooker > [verb (intransitive)] > actions or types of play carambole1775 string1814 cannon1825 to make a baulk1839 star1839 push1851 to play for safety1857 run1857 carom1860 to knock the balls about1864 miscue1889 snooker1889 break1893 break1893 scratch1909 to call one's shot1953 1825 Morning Chron. 25 Mar. Pocketed the red and canoned—a fine stroke—game 43 to 87. 1844 E. R. Mardon Billiards 11 Any bungler can canon full upon a ball. 1873 J. Bennett & ‘Cavendish’ Billiards 225 If the spot-white is cannoned on full, the balls will be left together. 1921 G. E. M. Skues Way of Trout with Fly 231 I have cannoned off the red and pocketed all three balls at billiards. 1938 Times 2 Nov. 6/3 The cue ball cannoned on to another red ball and both that and the cue ball disappeared into the top pocket. 1998 Independent (Nexis) 8 Feb. (Sports section) 14 With just the colours left, Davis sank a magnificent yellow and cannoned into the green and brown. 2005 Belfast News Let. (Nexis) 18 Aug. 50 He seemed on the way to squaring the match but carelessly cannoned the blue after potting a pink. 3. a. intransitive. To strike someone or something forcefully, esp. at an angle; to collide violently. Chiefly with into, off, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > impinge [verb (intransitive)] > collide > with rebound cannon1842 carom1860 1842 Derby Mercury 6 July His career was soon stopped by a twisting ball from Dakin, cannoning off his leg into the wicket. 1872 Daily News 25 Mar. Franc Huron and Acton cannoned, and both fell. 1880 M. E. Braddon Just as I Am xvii. 106 Scampering over hedges and ditches, and cannoning at gates. 1935 D. L. Sayers Gaudy Night viii. 177 He cannoned full tilt against her. 1991 A. Granger Season for Murder (1992) ii. 23 Someone cannoned into her shoulder and she nearly dropped the cactus. 2017 Sun (Nexis) 27 Mar. (Sport section) 6 But he stuck out a leg—and the ball cannoned off him and over. b. transitive. To strike forcefully, esp. at an angle; to come into violent collision with. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > impinge upon [verb (transitive)] > collide with > with rebound cannon1852 1852 Bell's Life in London 29 Aug. 4/1 The favourite caught Don Carlos, who immediately hung to the left upon Carinetta, the Infidelity filly at the same instant ‘canoning’ her on the other side. 1864 Á. Vámbéry Trav. Central Asia 197 Our heads were continually cannoning each other like balls on a billiard table. 1938 Boys' Life Feb. 9 (caption) This time Cotton cannoned a long shot from midcourt. 1979 Park Forest (Illinois) Star 15 July s55/7 Dale Riley..cannoned a triple deep into left-centre to knock home the only run. 2003 Atlanta May 142/3 The goat cannoned the side of the fridge with a mighty blast. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹a1460n.²1774v.1567
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