Cannon

n.	1.	A great gun; a piece of ordnance or artillery; a firearm for discharging heavy shot with great force.
	2.	(Mech.) A hollow cylindrical piece carried by a revolving shaft, on which it may, however, revolve independently.
	3.	(Printing.) A kind of type. See Canon. Cannon ball strictly, a round solid missile of stone or iron made to be fired from a cannon, but now often applied to a missile of any shape, whether solid or hollow, made for cannon. Elongated and cylindrical missiles are sometimes called bolts; hollow ones charged with explosives are properly called shells. Cannon bullet a cannon ball Cannon cracker a fire cracker of large size. Cannon lock a device for firing a cannon by a percussion primer. Cannon metal See Gun Metal. Cannon pinion the pinion on the minute hand arbor of a watch or clock, which drives the hand but permits it to be moved in setting. Cannon proof impenetrable by cannon balls. Cannon shot a - A cannon ball. b - The range of a cannon.
v. i.	1.	To discharge cannon.
	2.	To collide or strike violently, esp. so as to glance off or rebound; to strike and rebound. He heard the right-hand goal post crack as a pony cannoned into it - crack, splinter, and fall like a mast. - Kipling.
n. & v.	1.	(Billiards) See Carom.

Noun	1.	cannon - a large artillery gun that is usually on wheels
	2.	cannon - heavy gun fired from a tank
	3.	cannon - (Middle Ages) a cylindrical piece of armor plate to protect the arm
	4.	cannon - heavy automatic gun fired from an airplane
	5.	cannon - lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals Synonyms: shank
	6.	cannon - a shot in billiards in which the cue ball contacts one object ball and then the other Synonyms: carom
Verb	1.	cannon - make a cannon
	2.	cannon - fire a cannon

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