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Dreadnought

A British battleship completed in 1906 1907 having an armament consisting of ten 12 inch guns mounted in turrets and of twenty four 12 pound quick fire guns for protection against torpedo boats This was the first battleship of the type characterized by a main armament of big guns all of the same caliber She had a displacement of 17900 tons at load draft and a speed of 21 knots per hour...

Poaching

Poaching, taking name by trespass. Also taking fish, e.g., salmon and trout by illegal methods (see infra).Trespassing in the daytime in pursuit of 'game'--i.e., hares, pheasants, partridges, grouse, heath or moor game, black game, or bustards--or woodcock, snipe, quails, landrail, or rabbits, is punishable summarily by fine up to 2l., and in case of a trespass by five or more, up to 5l.; the leave of the occupier being no defence if the landlord or other person have by reservation the right to kill the game. [See (English) GAME ACT, 1831, ss. 2, 30]Unlawfully taking in the night, i.e., between the expiration of the first hour after sunset and the commencement of the first hour before sunrise, 'game,' as above defined, is punishable summarily by imprisonment with hard labour; and any persons, to the number of three or more, by night unlawfully entering lands, for the purpose of taking or destroying any 'game,' as above defined, or rabbits (any of them being armed with any gun or other ...

Nitrocellulose

See Gun cotton under Gun...

Deacuteculassement

An accidental blowing off of or other serious damage to the breechblock of a gun also a removal of the breechblock for the purpose of disabling the gun...

Chassis

A traversing base frame or movable railway along which the carriage of a barbette or casemate gun moves backward and forward See Gun carriage...

Caliver

An early form of hand gun a variety of the arquebus originally a gun having a regular size of bore...

Local taxation licences

Local taxation licences. Licences to sell intoxicating liquors, etc., to keep dogs, guns, carriage, etc., and to trade as horse dealers, pawnbrokers, etc.; the proceeds of the duties are transferred to county councils for their county funds by s. 20 of the (English) Local Government Act, 1888. A full list of the licences is given in Sched. I. of the Act.By s. 6 of the (English) Finance Act, 1908, power is given to levy the duties on certain of these licences, namely, dealing in game, killing game, guns, dogs, armorial bearings, and (formerly) male servants...

Breech action

The breech mechanism in breech loading small arms and certain special guns as automatic and machine guns used frequently in referring to the method by which the movable barrels of breech loading shotguns are locked unlocked or rotated to loading position...

Parkesine

A compound originally made from gun cotton and castor oil but later from different materials and used as a substitute for vulcanized India rubber and for ivory called also xylotile...

Reload

To load again as a gun...

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