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- English Word Gunnel Definition A gunwale.
- English Word Gunnel Definition A small, eel-shaped, marine fish of the genus Muraenoides; esp., M. gunnellus of Europe and America; -- called also gunnel fish, butterfish, rock eel.
- English Word Gunner Definition One who works a gun, whether on land or sea; a cannoneer.
- English Word Gunner Definition A warrant officer in the navy having charge of the ordnance on a vessel.
- English Word Gunner Definition The great northern diver or loon. See Loon.
- English Word Gunner Definition The sea bream.
- English Word Gunnery Definition That branch of military science which comprehends the theory of projectiles, and the manner of constructing and using ordnance.
- English Word Gunnie Definition Space left by the removal of ore.
- English Word Gunning Definition The act or practice of hunting or shooting game with a gun.
- English Word Gunny Definition Alt. of Gunny cloth
- English Word Gunny cloth Definition 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.
- English Word Gunocracy Definition See Gyneocracy.
- English Word Gunpowder Definition A black, granular, explosive substance, consisting of an intimate mechanical mixture of niter, charcoal, and sulphur. It is used in gunnery and blasting.
- English Word Gunreach Definition The reach or distance to which a gun will shoot; gunshot.
- English Word Gunroom Definition An apartment on the after end of the lower gun deck of a ship of war, usually occupied as a messroom by the commissioned officers, except the captain; -- called wardroom in the United States navy.
- English Word Gunshot Definition Act of firing a gun; a shot.
- English Word Gunshot Definition The distance to which shot can be thrown from a gun, so as to be effective; the reach or range of a gun.
- English Word Gunshot Definition Made by the shot of a gun: as. a gunshot wound.
- English Word Gunsmith Definition One whose occupation is to make or repair small firearms; an armorer.
- English Word Gunsmith ing Definition The art or business of a gunsmith.