英语词汇“gunstone”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组、英语词典-本地帮

单词

gunstone

释义

† ˈgunstone Obs.
[f. gun n. + stone n.]
1. A stone used for the shot of a cannon or gun; a cannon-ball; a bullet.
1432–50tr. Higden (Rolls) IV. 455 He was sleyne with a gunneston [L. ictu fundibali].c1440Jacob's Well 267 Þe vyolence of a gunne or of an engyne-ston is qwenchyd, whan softe erthe or softe thyng is sett þer-ȝens.1530Palsgr. 680, I neuer sawe gonne stone skyppe on that facyon.Ibid. 739/2, I am stryken with a gonne stone, I am but deed.1563–87Foxe A. & M. (1596) 1948/2 Having at one siege no lesse then three thousand bullets and gunstones flying upon them.1573Tusser Husb. x. (1878) 20 Make gunstone and arrow shew who is within.1599Shakes. Hen. V, i. ii. 282 This Mocke of his Hath turn'd his balles to Gun-stones.1605B. Jonson Volpone v. v, That I could shoote mine eies at him like gun-stones.1681W. Robertson Phraseol. Gen. (1693) 693 A Gun-stone or pellet.1808J. Barlow Columb. vii. 702 Shells rain before him..Crags, gunstones, balls o'erturn the tented ground.
Comb.1578Househ. Ord. (1790) 254 Guneston maker fee per diem..o. o. 8.1647Haward Crown Rev. 21 Gun-stone maker: Fee per diem, 12. d.
2. Her. = pellet, ogress. (Cf. gun-shot 1 c.)
1486Bk. St. Albans, Her. B iv b, Oglys be calde in armys gonestonys.1688R. Holme Armoury i. 61/1 He beareth Argent 3 Ogresses. These are also termed Pellets, and do resemble bullets for Guns, and are often termed Gun-stones, or Bullets.1766Porny Heraldry (1777) Dict., Pellets, the name given to the Black Roundlets, by English Heralds alone..these are also denominated in English by the apellations of Ogresses and Gunstones.1847Gloss. Her. 244.

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