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- Ordnance - n. - Heavy weapons of warfare; cannon, or great guns, mortars, and howitzers; artillery; sometimes, a general term for all weapons and appliances used in war.
- Bombard - n. - A piece of heavy ordnance formerly used for throwing stones and other ponderous missiles. It was the earliest kind of cannon.
- Bracket - n. - The cheek or side of an ordnance carriage.
- Ammunition - n. - Articles used in charging firearms and ordnance of all kinds; as powder, balls, shot, shells, percussion caps, rockets, etc.
- Chamber - n. - A short piece of ordnance or cannon, which stood on its breech, without any carriage, formerly used chiefly for rejoicings and theatrical cannonades.
- Etat Major - - The staff of an army, including all officers above the rank of colonel, also, all adjutants, inspectors, quartermasters, commissaries, engineers, ordnance officers, paymasters, physicians, signal officers, judge advocates; also, the noncommissioned assistants of the above officers.
- Chamber - n. - That part of the bore of a piece of ordnance which holds the charge, esp. when of different diameter from the rest of the bore; -- formerly, in guns, made smaller than the bore, but now larger, esp. in breech-loading guns.
- Park - n. - A space occupied by the animals, wagons, pontoons, and materials of all kinds, as ammunition, ordnance stores, hospital stores, provisions, etc., when brought together; also, the objects themselves; as, a park of wagons; a park of artillery.
- Rabinet - n. - A kind of small ordnance formerly in use.
- Cannon - n. - A great gun; a piece of ordnance or artillery; a firearm for discharging heavy shot with great force.
- Aspic - n. - A piece of ordnance carrying a 12 pound shot.
- Lance - n. - An instrument which conveys the charge of a piece of ordnance and forces it home.