Definitionn. a metallic cylinder packed with shot and used as ammunition in a firearm
Last update: August 15, 2015
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Formerly the upper end of the highest canister was fitted with a " firing-head," consisting of a circular plate of iron, slightly smaller than the bore of the well, and having attached to its underside a vertical rod or pin carrying a percussion cap. The cap rested on the bottom of a small iron cylinder containing nitroglycerin. [Please select]
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Two of my gunners had been hurt by bursting canister. [Please select]
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This was followed by two whistling sounds of canister shot, one after another. [Please select]
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When it dies the canister may be removed and the contents examined. [Please select]
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They rise above the houses and shoot across my sky like a charge of canister. [Please select]
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A third rewarded him with a canister of tea and a twenty-pound bag of ground coffee. [Please select]
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