Word Meanings - CANNONRY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Cannon, collectively; artillery. The ringing of bells and roaring of cannonry proclaimed his course through the country. W. Irving.

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• RINGWORM
  A contagious affection of the skin due to the presence of a vegetable parasite, and forming ring-shaped discolored patches covered with vesicles or powdery scales. It occurs either on the body, the face, or the scalp. Different varieties
• COUNTRY-DANCE
  See MACUALAY
• ARTILLERY
  fr. LL. artillaria, artilleria, machines and apparatus of all kinds used in war, vans laden with arms of any kind which follow camps; F. artillerie great guns, ordnance; OF. artillier to work artifice, to fortify, to arm, prob. from L. ars, artis,
• CANNON BONE
  See BONE
• RINGHEAD
  An instrument used for stretching woolen cloth.
• RINGLEADER
  1. The leader of a circle of dancers; hence, the leader of a number of persons acting together; the leader of a herd of animals. A primacy of order, such an one as the ringleader hath in a dance. Barrow. 2. Opprobriously, a leader of a body of
• COUNTRY SEAT
  A dwelling in the country, used as a place of retirement from the city.
• COURSED
  1. Hunted; as, a coursed hare. 2. Arranged in courses; as, coursed masonry.
• RING ARMATURE
  An armature for a dynamo or motor having the conductors wound on a ring.
• COLLECTIVELY
  In a mass, or body; in a collected state; in the aggregate; unitedly.
• COURSE
  1. The act of moving from one point to another; progress; passage. And when we had finished our course from Tyre, we came to Ptolemais. Acts xxi. 7. 2. THe ground or path traversed; track; way. The same horse also run the round course at Newmarket.
• ARTILLERYMAN
  A man who manages, or assists in managing, a large gun in firing.
• CANNONADE
  1. The act of discharging cannon and throwing ball, shell, etc., for the purpose of destroying an army, or battering a town, ship, or fort; -- usually, an attack of some continuance. A furious cannonade was kept up from the whole circle
• RINGER
  A crowbar. Simmonds. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, rings; especially, one who rings chimes on bells.
• RINGTOSS
  A game in which the object is to toss a ring so that it will catch upon an upright stick.
• ARTILLERY WHEEL
  A kind of heavily built dished wheel with a long axle box, used on gun carriages, usually having 14 spokes and 7 felloes; hence, a wheel of similar construction for use on automobiles, etc.
• RINGING
  a & n. from Ring, v. Ringing engine, a simple form of pile driver in which the monkey is lifted by men pulling on ropes.
• RINGBILL
  The ring-necked scaup duck; -- called also ring-billed blackhead. See Scaup.
• RING WINDING
  Armature winding in which the wire is wound round the outer and inner surfaces alternately of an annular or cylindrical core.
• COUNTRY CLUB
  A club usually located in the suburbs or vicinity of a city or town and devoted mainly to outdoor sports.
• WRINGING
  a. & n. from Wring, v. Wringing machine, a wringer. See Wringer, 2.
• SYRINGOCOELE
  The central canal of the spinal cord. B. G. Wilder.
• NIGHT-FARING
  Going or traveling in the night. Gay.
• SUSURRINGLY
  In the manner of a whisper.
• WEATHERING
  The action of the elements on a rock in altering its color, texture, or composition, or in rounding off its edges.
• DISAPPEARING
  p. pr. & vb. n. of Disappear. Disappearing carriage , a carriage for heavy coast guns on which the gun is raised above the parapet for firing and upon discharge is lowered behind the parapet for protection. The standard type of disappearing
• GEER; GEERING
  See GEARING
• PORRINGER
  A porridge dish; esp., a bowl or cup from which children eat or are fed; as, a silver porringer. Wordsworth.
• NAVEL-STRING
  The umbilical cord.
• TWITTERING
  1. The act of one who, or that which, twitters. 2. A slight nervous excitement or agitation, such as is caused by desire, expectation, or suspense. A widow, who had a twittering towards a second husband, took a gossiping companion to manage the
• BURRING MACHINE
  A machine for cleansing wool of burs, seeds, and other substances.
• CHAMBERING
  Lewdness. Rom. xiii. 13.
• EMBERINGS
  Ember days.
• LUMBERING
  The business of cutting or getting timber or logs from the forest for lumber.
• ENCORPORING
  Incorporation. Chaucer.
• SPRINGBOARD
  An elastic board, secured at the ends, or at one end, often by elastic supports, used in performing feats of agility or in exercising.
• THURINGIAN
  Of or pertaining to Thuringia, a country in Germany, or its people. -- n.