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Webster 1913 Edition


air gun

air′gunˊ

,

air′ gunˊ

(gŭnˊ)
.
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. The common
BB gun
is a type of air gun.