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Volume 21 · 70 words · 1842 Edition

Gunnery, a screw of iron, to be fixed on the end of a rammer, to pull out the wad of a firelock, carbine, or pistol, being the same with the wad hook, only the one is more proper for small arms, and the other for cannon.

in Chemistry, is a long winding pipe, placed in a tub of water, to cool and condense the vapours in the distillation of spirits.