Vocabulary : Gunnery to Gunshot

Gunnery : That branch of military science which comprehends the theory of projectiles, and the manner of constructing and using ordnance.
Gunnie : Space left by the removal of ore.
Gunning : The act or practice of hunting or shooting game with a gun.
Gunny : Alt. of Gunny cloth
Gunny cloth : 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.

Gunocracy : See Gyneocracy.
Gunpowder : A black, granular, explosive substance, consisting of an intimate mechanical mixture of niter, charcoal, and sulphur. It is used in gunnery and blasting.
Gunreach : The reach or distance to which a gun will shoot; gunshot.
Gunroom : 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.
Gunshot : Act of firing a gun; a shot. ;; The distance to which shot can be thrown from a gun, so as to be effective; the reach or range of a gun. ;; Made by the shot of a gun: as. a gunshot wound.

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