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Webster 1913 Edition

Gun

Gun

(gŭn)
,
Noun.
[OE.
gonne
,
gunne
; of uncertain origin; cf. Ir., Gael., & LL.
gunna
, W.
gum
; possibly (like cannon) fr. L.
canna
reed, tube; or abbreviated fr. OF.
mangonnel
, E.
mangonel
, a machine for hurling stones.]
1.
A weapon which throws or propels a missile to a distance; any firearm or instrument for throwing projectiles, consisting of a tube or barrel closed at one end, in which the projectile is placed, with an explosive charge (such as guncotton or gunpowder) behind, which is ignited by various means. Pistols, rifles, carbines, muskets, and fowling pieces are smaller guns, for hand use, and are called
small arms
. Larger guns are called
cannon
,
ordnance
,
fieldpieces
,
carronades
,
howitzers
, etc. See these terms in the Vocabulary.
As swift as a pellet out of a
gunne

When fire is in the powder runne.
Chaucer.
The word
gun
was in use in England for an engine to cast a thing from a man long before there was any gunpowder found out.
Selden.
2.
(Mil.)
A piece of heavy ordnance; in a restricted sense, a cannon.
3.
pl.
(Naut.)
Violent blasts of wind.
☞ Guns are classified, according to their construction or manner of loading as
rifled
or
smoothbore
,
breech-loading
or
muzzle-loading
,
cast
or
built-up guns
; or according to their use, as
field
,
mountain
,
prairie
,
seacoast
, and
siege guns
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Gun

GUN

,
Noun.
An instrument consisting of a barrel or tube of iron or other metal fixed in a stock, from which balls, shot or other deadly weapons are discharged by the explosion of gunpowder. The larger species of guns are called cannon; and the smaller species are called muskets, carbines, fowling pieces, &c. But one species of fire-arms, the pistol, is never called a gun.

GUN

,
Verb.
I.
To shoot.

Definition 2024

gǔn

gǔn

See also: gun, Gun, gùn, gūn, guṅ, gün, and Gün

Mandarin

Romanization

gǔn (Zhuyin ㄍㄨㄣˇ)

  1. Pinyin transcription of 丨
  2. Pinyin transcription of 掍
  3. Pinyin transcription of 棌
  4. Pinyin transcription of 浏
  5. Pinyin transcription of 淵
  6. Pinyin transcription of 渼
  7. Pinyin transcription of 滚
  8. Pinyin transcription of 滾
  9. Pinyin transcription of 睈
  10. Pinyin transcription of 磙
  11. Pinyin transcription of 緄, 绲
  12. Pinyin transcription of 蓘
  13. Pinyin transcription of 蔉
  14. Pinyin transcription of 衮, 袞
  15. Pinyin transcription of 袬
  16. Pinyin transcription of 淵
  17. Pinyin transcription of 輥, 辊
  18. Pinyin transcription of 錓
  19. Pinyin transcription of 鮌
  20. Pinyin transcription of 鯀
  21. Pinyin transcription of 鰠
  22. Pinyin transcription of 鲧

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