From: | shadowrn@*********.com (Lone Eagle) |
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Subject: | OT Re: About Ghoul rules (Was Re: Very Odd, But Important Cybeware Question) |
Date: | Wed Jul 3 04:35:01 2002 |
>>This shaman's got a bit of a poorly-chosen name for the totem he
>>follows...
>>A howitzer is not a cannon :)
>
>Really? Then what is it? It is surely a small artillery piece, and last I
>heard big guns were coloqually known as cannons (hand cannons, assault
>cannons).
Right lets have an end to this;
According to www.yourdictionary.com (the first online dictionary I came to):
Main Entry:^1 can.non
Pronunciation: 'ka-n&n
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle French canon, from Italian cannone, literally, large tube,
augmentative of canna reed, tube, from Latin, cane, reed -- more at CANE
Date: 15th century
Inflected Form(s): plural cannons or cannon
1 plural usually cannon a : a large heavy gun usually mounted on a carriage
b : a heavy-caliber automatic aircraft gun firing explosive shells
2 or can.on : the projecting part of a bell by which it is hung : EAR
3 : the part of the leg in which the cannon bone is found
Main Entry: how.it.zer
Pronunciation: 'hau-&t-s&r
Function: noun
Etymology: Dutch houwitser, ultimately from Czech houfnice ballista
Date: 1695
: a short cannon used to fire projectiles at medium muzzle velocities and
with relatively high trajectories
Main Entry: 1gun
Pronunciation: 'g&n
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English gonne, gunne
Date: 14th century
1 a : a piece of ordnance usually with high muzzle velocity and
comparatively flat trajectory b : a portable firearm (as a rifle or handgun)
c : a device that throws a projectile
2 a : a discharge of a gun especially as a salute or signal b : a signal
marking a beginning or ending
3 a : HUNTER b : GUNMAN
4 : something suggesting a gun in shape or function
5 : THROTTLE
- gunned /'g&nd/ adjective
- under the gun : under pressure or attack
Main Entry: ar.til.lery
Pronunciation: är-'ti-l&r-E, -'til-rE
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English artillerie, from Middle French, from artillier to
equip, arm, alteration of Old French atillier, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin
apticulare, from Latin aptare to don, prepare, fit -- more at ADAPT
Date: 15th century
Inflected Form(s): plural -ler.ies
1 : weapons (as bows, slings, and catapults) for discharging missiles
2 a : large bore crew-served mounted firearms (as guns, howitzers, and
rockets) : ORDNANCE b : a branch of an army armed with artillery
3 : means of impressing, arguing, or persuading
Main Entry: ord.nance
Pronunciation: 'ord-n&n(t)s
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English ordinaunce, from Middle French ordenance,
literally, act of arranging
Date: 14th century
1 a : military supplies including weapons, ammunition, combat vehicles, and
maintenance tools and equipment b : a service of the army charged with the
procuring, distributing, and safekeeping of ordnance
2 : CANNON, ARTILLERY
And having dumped all that on everyone I think its time for me to run and
hide. Gurth, any space under your stairs?
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