单词 | gunstone |
释义 | † gunstonen. Obsolete. 1. A stone used for the shot of a cannon or gun; a cannon-ball; a bullet. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > ammunition for firearms > [noun] > bullet or shot collectively > shot > of large guns > stone-shot gunstonec1450 stone-shot1667 c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 267 Þe vyolence of a gunne or of an engyne-ston is qwenchyd, whan softe erthe or softe thyng is sett þer-ȝens. ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1872) IV. 455 He was sleyne with a gunneston [L. ictu fundibali]. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 680 I neuer sawe gonne stone skyppe on that facyon. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 739/2 I am stryken with a gonne stone, I am but deed. 1570 T. Tusser Hundreth Good Pointes Husbandry (new ed.) f. 6 Make gunstone and arrow shew who is within. 1583 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments (ed. 4) II. 2154/1 Hauing at one siege no lesse then iij. thousand bullets and gunstones flying vppon them. 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry V i. ii. 282 This mock hath turnd his balles to gun stones. 1607 B. Jonson Volpone v. viii. sig. M4v That I could shoote mine eyes at him, like gun-stones . View more context for this quotation 1681 W. Robertson Phraseologia generalis (1693) 693 A Gun-stone or pellet. 1807 J. Barlow Columbiad vii. 277 Shells rain before him..Crags, gunstones, balls o'erturn the tented ground. 2. Heraldry. = pellet n.1, ogress n.1 (Cf. gunshot n. 1c.) ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > charge: device on shield > [noun] > less honourable charge > circular device > of specific tinctures pelletc1425 plate1466 bezant1486 cake1486 gunstone1486 ogle1486 talent1486 torteau1486 tortlet1486 wastel1486 ogressa1550 golpe1562 guze1562 orange1562 pomeis1562 plat1592 fountain1610 tortey1688 1486 Bk. St. Albans, Her. B iv b Oglys be calde in armys gonestonys. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory 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. 1766 M. A. Porny Elem. 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. 1847 Gloss. Her. 244. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < n.c1450 |
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