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- Gun - - of Gin
- Gun - n. - A weapon which throws or propels a missile to a distance; any firearm or instrument for throwing projectiles by the explosion of gunpowder, consisting of a tube or barrel closed at one end, in which the projectile is placed, with an explosive charge behind, which is ignited by various means. Muskets, rifles, carbines, and fowling pieces are smaller guns, for hand use, and are called small arms. Larger guns are called cannon, ordnance, fieldpieces, carronades, howitzers, etc. See these terms in the Vocabulary.
- Gun - n. - A piece of heavy ordnance; in a restricted sense, a cannon.
- Gun - n. - Violent blasts of wind.
- Gun - v. i. - To practice fowling or hunting small game; -- chiefly in participial form; as, to go gunning.
- Guna - n. - In Sanskrit grammar, a lengthening of the simple vowels a, i, e, by prefixing an a element. The term is sometimes used to denote the same vowel change in other languages.
- Gunarchy - n. - See Gynarchy.
- Gunboat - n. - A vessel of light draught, carrying one or more guns.
- Guncotton - - See under Gun.
- Gundelet - n. - See Gondola.
- Gunflint - n. - A sharpened flint for the lock of a gun, to ignite the charge. It was in common use before the introduction of percussion caps.
- Gunjah - n. - See Ganja.
- Gunlock - n. - The lock of a gun, for producing the discharge. See Lock.
- Gunnage - n. - The number of guns carried by a ship of war.
- Gunnel - n. - A gunwale.
- Gunnel - n. - A small, eel-shaped, marine fish of the genus Muraenoides; esp., M. gunnellus of Europe and America; -- called also gunnel fish, butterfish, rock eel.
- Gunner - n. - One who works a gun, whether on land or sea; a cannoneer.
- Gunner - n. - A warrant officer in the navy having charge of the ordnance on a vessel.
- Gunner - n. - The great northern diver or loon. See Loon.
- Gunner - n. - The sea bream.
- Gunnery - n. - That branch of military science which comprehends the theory of projectiles, and the manner of constructing and using ordnance.
- Gunnie - n. - Space left by the removal of ore.
- Gunning - n. - The act or practice of hunting or shooting game with a gun.
- Gunny - - Alt. of Gunny cloth
- Gunny cloth - - A strong, coarse kind of sacking, made from the fibers (called jute) of two plants of the genus Corchorus (C. olitorius and C. capsularis), of India. The fiber is also used in the manufacture of cordage.
- Clinch - n. - A hitch or bend by which a rope is made fast to the ring of an anchor, or the breeching of a ship's gun to the ringbolts.
- Shoot - v. i. - To discharge a missile; -- said of an engine or instrument; as, the gun shoots well.
- Limber - n. - The detachable fore part of a gun carriage, consisting of two wheels, an axle, and a shaft to which the horses are attached. On top is an ammunition box upon which the cannoneers sit.
- Transom - n. - The piece of wood or iron connecting the cheeks of some gun carriages.
- Prolonge - n. - A rope with a hook and a toggle, sometimes used to drag a gun carriage or to lash it to the limber, and for various other purposes.
- Hobit - n. - A small mortar on a gun carriage, in use before the howitzer.
- Cheek - n. - Those pieces of a machine, or of any timber, or stone work, which form corresponding sides, or which are similar and in pair; as, the cheeks (jaws) of a vise; the cheeks of a gun carriage, etc.
- Twist - n. - The spiral course of the rifling of a gun barrel or a cannon.
- Brown - v. t. - To give a bright brown color to, as to gun barrels, by forming a thin coat of oxide on their surface.
- Caliver - n. - An early form of hand gun, variety of the arquebus; originally a gun having a regular size of bore.
- Broach - n. - A tool of steel, generally tapering, and of a polygonal form, with from four to eight cutting edges, for smoothing or enlarging holes in metal; sometimes made smooth or without edges, as for burnishing pivot holes in watches; a reamer. The broach for gun barrels is commonly square and without taper.
- Bridle - n. - The piece in the interior of a gun lock, which holds in place the tumbler, sear, etc.
- Blunderbuss - n. - A short gun or firearm, with a large bore, capable of holding a number of balls, and intended to do execution without exact aim.
- Nitrocellulose - n. - See Gun cotton, under Gun.
- Skelp - n. - A wrought-iron plate from which a gun barrel or pipe is made by bending and welding the edges together, and drawing the thick tube thus formed.
- Celluloid - n. - A substance composed essentially of gun cotton and camphor, and when pure resembling ivory in texture and color, but variously colored to imitate coral, tortoise shell, amber, malachite, etc. It is used in the manufacture of jewelry and many small articles, as combs, brushes, collars, and cuffs; -- originally called xylonite.
- Capper - n. - An instrument for applying a percussion cap to a gun or cartridge.
- Mitrailleuse - n. - A breech-loading machine gun consisting of a number of barrels fitted together, so arranged that the barrels can be fired simultaneously, or successively, and rapidly.
- Double-decker - n. - A man-of-war having two gun decks.
- Guard - v. t. - A plate of metal, beneath the stock, or the lock frame, of a gun or pistol, having a loop, called a bow, to protect the trigger.
- Rifling - n. - The act or process of making the grooves in a rifled cannon or gun barrel.
- Arquebuse - n. - A sort of hand gun or firearm a contrivance answering to a trigger, by which the burning match was applied. The musket was a later invention.
- Air gun - - A kind of gun in which the elastic force of condensed air is used to discharge the ball. The air is powerfully compressed into a reservoir attached to the gun, by a condensing pump, and is controlled by a valve actuated by the trigger.
- Lump - n. - A projection beneath the breech end of a gun barrel.
- Bed - n. - See Gun carriage, and Mortar bed.
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- H1476 גּוּנִי - 1476 גּוּנִי - גּוּנִי - - Gûwnîy - goo-nee' - probably from גָּנַן; protected; Guni, the name of two Israelites; Guni. - Proper Name Masculine - x-pn
- H1477 גּוּנִי - 1477 גּוּנִי - גּוּנִי - - Gûwnîy - goo-nee' - patronymically from גּוּנִי; a Gunite (collectively with article prefix) or descendants of Guni; Gunites. - Adjective - x-pn
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- Numbers 4 16:46 And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a censer, and put fire therein from off the altar, and put on incense, and go quickly unto the congregation, and make an atonement for them: for there is wrath gone out from the LORD; the plague is begun.
מֹשֶׁה אָמַר אַהֲרוֹן לָקַח מַחְתָּה נָתַן אֵשׁ פָּנִים מִזְבֵּחַ שׂוּם קְטֹרֶת יָלַךְ מְהֵרָה עֵדָה כָּפַר קֶצֶף יָצָא יְהֹוָה נֶגֶף חָלַל - Deuteronomy 5 3:24 O Lord GOD, thou hast begun to shew thy servant thy greatness, and thy mighty hand: for what God is there in heaven or in earth, that can do according to thy works, and according to thy might?
אֲדֹנָי יְהֹוִה חָלַל רָאָה עֶבֶד גֹּדֶל חָזָק יָד אֵל שָׁמַיִם אֶרֶץ עָשָׂה מַעֲשֶׂה גְּבוּרָה - Philippians 50 1:6 Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:
ΠΕΊΘΩ ΤΟῦΤΟ ΑὐΤΌΣ ὍΤΙ ἘΝΆΡΧΟΜΑΙ ἈΓΑΘΌΣ ἜΡΓΟΝ ἘΝ ὙΜῖΝ ἘΠΙΤΕΛΈΩ ἌΧΡΙ ἩΜΈΡΑ ἸΗΣΟῦΣ ΧΡΙΣΤΌΣ - 2 Corinthians 47 8:10 And herein I give my advice: for this is expedient for you, who have begun before, not only to do, but also to be forward a year ago.
ΚΑΊ ΤΟΎΤῼ ἘΝ ΔΊΔΩΜΙ ΓΝΏΜΗ ΓΆΡ ΤΟῦΤΟ ΣΥΜΦΈΡΩ ὙΜῖΝ ὍΣΤΙΣ ΠΡΟΕΝΆΡΧΟΜΑΙ Οὐ ΜΌΝΟΝ ΠΟΙΈΩ ἈΛΛΆ ΚΑΊ ΘΈΛΩ ΠΈΡΥΣΙ ἈΠΌ - Numbers 4 26:48 Of the sons of Naphtali after their families: of Jahzeel, the family of the Jahzeelites: of Guni, the family of the Gunites:
בֵּן נַפְתָּלִי מִשְׁפָּחָה יַחְצְאֵל מִשְׁפָּחָה יַחְצְאֵלִי גּוּנִי מִשְׁפָּחָה גּוּנִי