potgunn.

Brit.

/ˈpɒtɡʌn/, U.S.

/ˈpɑtˌɡən/

Forms: see pot n.¹ and gun n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pot n.¹, gun n.

Etymology: < pot n.¹ + gun n., originally on account of the shape of the cannon; apparently subsequently (in sense 2) influenced by association with popgun n., although the present word is in fact attested earlier than popgun n. in both senses 2a and 2b.

Now rare (historical in later use).

1. A cannon with a separate chamber; (also) a short gun with a large bore, a mortar.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > piece of artillery > [noun] > mortar

potgun?1470

mortar1547

mortar-piece1570

pot-piecea1578

bomb1684

coehorn1705

royal1743

royal mortar1867

mortar gun1997

?1470 Inventory in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 435 Item, a short potte gonne wyth ij chambirs lying in the chapell.

1513 H. L. Blackmore Armouries of Tower of London (1976) I. 239/1 Pot gonnes every pece shotith of stone iiij lb. weight.

1524 R. Copland tr. J. de Bourbon Syege Cyte of Rodes in Begynnynge Ordre Knyghtes Hospytallers sig. Bvj^v Than y^e enmyes were warned by the Iewe that wrote lettres to them.., that y^e sayd potgonnes dyde no harme.

1549 T. Chaloner tr. Erasmus Praise of Folie sig. Hiv Another striken through with a potgonne recouered.

1557 A. Jenkinson Voy. & Trav. (1886) II. 360 They haue..a great many of morter pieces or potguns.

1622 N. Breton Strange Newes sig. A.4^v Their great Ordinance are Pot-guns, and their small shot halfe Cans.

1683 R. Dixon Canidia v. xv. 153 Berthaldus Swart, from a Pot-gun, Cast Culverings that made Armies run.

1703 tr. L. de Lahontan New Voy. N.-Amer. I. xvi. 140 He ought to carry with him some Pot-Guns of eight Foot in length, and six in breadth.

1885 S. Smiles Men Invention & Industry i. 7 (note) The principal kinds of ordnance at that time were..‘Culverins’ and ‘Serpents’; ‘Minions’ and ‘Potguns’; [etc.].

†2.

a. Chiefly humorous. Any weak or ineffectual gun (esp. a pistol). Cf. popgun n. 2. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > small-arm > [noun] > pistol

pistolet1550

potguna1556

pistol?1560

snapper1587

pistoletto1647

pop1708

gun1744

cracker1751

stick1781

barking iron1785

barker1815

young gun1822

buffer1824

reporter1827

iron1828

flute1842

cannon1901

a1556 N. Udall Ralph Roister Doister (?1566) iv. vii. sig. H.j Once discharge my harquebouse And for my heartes ease, haue once more with my potgoon.

a1625 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Knight of Malta iv. iv, in Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Mmmmm2/2 How? fright me with your Pot-gun?

1659 J. Shirley Honoria & Mammon i. i When all your liveries go a-feasting By water, with your gally-foist and pot-guns.

1718 C. Molloy Coquet v. 92 Bring me Armour and Head-piece: Fetch me all the Instruments of War from a Pot-Gun, to a Cannon.

1791 ‘Peeping Tim’ Satirical Ambulator 15 Your hogs-in-armour, who have nothing but their potguns on their shoulders!

1827 G. Darley Sylvia v. iii.166 My words come out pip! pip! like bullets from a potgun.

b. = popgun n. 1. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > small-arm > [noun] > small, inefficient, or antiquated gun

potgun1562

pot-cannon1653

popgun1719

gas pipe1867

plinker1960

1562 P. Whitehorne Certain Waies Orderyng Souldiers f. 30^v, in tr. N. Machiavelli Arte of Warre One of those potgunnes of elder, that boyes vse to shute paper and slowes in.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Caloniere, a pot-gunne made of a Quill, or Elder sticke.

1628 G. Wither Britain's Remembrancer Pref. 209 Are no more worthy of my serious hopes, Then Ratles, Pot-guns, or the Schoole-boyes Tops.

1660 M. R. Exact Acct. Receipts 3 I..wish I had been chang'd into an Elder-tree, to have been cut out into Pot-guns.

1730 J. Swift To Doctor Delany 6 When first in Print, you see him dread Each Pot-gun levell'd at his Head.

1787 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. Bore tree, an elder tree... From the great pith in the younger branches, which children commonly bore out to make potguns of them.

1801 J. Strutt Glig-gamena Angel-ðeod iv. iv. 283 The trunks were succeeded by pot-guns made with hollow pieces of elder, or of quills.

†3. figurative. Something that is noisy or alarming but insignificant; spec. a loud-mouthed or boastful person. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > [noun] > boaster

yelper1340

avaunterc1374

braggerc1390

fare-makerc1440

seggerc1440

shakerc1440

vaunter1484

roosera1500

praterc1500

cracker1509

vouster?a1513

boaster1574

Thrasoa1576

braggarta1577

braver1589

glorioser1589

bragout1592

rodomont1592

braggadocio1594

gloriosoc1599

puckfist1600

burgullian1601

puff1601

forthputtera1610

rodomontado1609

ostentator1611

fanfaron1622

potgun1623

thrasonist1626

cracka1640

vapourer1653

braggadocian1654

rodomontadist1655

charlatan1670

brag1671

rodomontade1683

gasconader1709

rodomontader1730

Gascon1757

spread eagle1809

bag of wind1816

penny trumpeter1828

spraga1838

gasser1855

blow-hard1857

blower1863

crower1864

gabber1869

flannel-mouth1882

punk-fist1890

skiter1898

Tartarin1903

blow1904

skite1906

poofter1916

trombenik1922

shooter of lines1941

fat-mouth1942

wide-mouth1959

Wheneye1982

trash talker1986

braggarist-

society > communication > information > reporting > [noun] > a report > unfounded

potgun1623

shave1813

1623 J. Webster Dutchesse of Malfy iii. iii. sig. G4^v I saw a Duch-man breake his pate once For calling him pot-gun.

c1626 Dick of Devonshire (1955) 52 I heard such a report but had no faith in't; a meere Pot gun.

1693 W. Congreve Old Batchelour iii. i. 24 That sign of a Man there—That Pot-gun charg'd with Wind.

1708 E. Ward Hudibras Redivivus (ed. 2) I. xii. 16 Such dreadful Pot-guns of Correction, That threaten'd nothing but Destruction.

1735 C. Johnson Country Lasses 79 Mode. Thou are a very Potgun charg'd with air. Aura. And thou are a wooden Blunderbuss without any charge at all.

Compounds

† General attributive, limitative, etc. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1573 R. Sempill in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. 101 Thay thair in mycht not..hyde For pot gun pellettis falland from the heuin.

c1639 T. Dekker & J. Ford Sun's-darling (1656) Rdr. sig. A3^v Presents him in the Twy-light of his age Not Pot-gun-proofe.

1651 J. Jane Εικων Ακλαστος 168 These are potgun preparations for a Civill war.

1691 D. Defoe New Discov. Old Intreague xvi. 21 Their Pot-gun Volleys charge Her Royal Ear.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	potgun
释义	potgunn. Brit. /ˈpɒtɡʌn/, U.S. /ˈpɑtˌɡən/ Forms: see pot n.¹ and gun n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pot n.¹, gun n. Etymology: < pot n.¹ + gun n., originally on account of the shape of the cannon; apparently subsequently (in sense 2) influenced by association with popgun n., although the present word is in fact attested earlier than popgun n. in both senses 2a and 2b. Now rare (historical in later use). 1. A cannon with a separate chamber; (also) a short gun with a large bore, a mortar. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > piece of artillery > [noun] > mortar potgun?1470 mortar1547 mortar-piece1570 pot-piecea1578 bomb1684 coehorn1705 royal1743 royal mortar1867 mortar gun1997 ?1470 Inventory in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 435 Item, a short potte gonne wyth ij chambirs lying in the chapell. 1513 H. L. Blackmore Armouries of Tower of London (1976) I. 239/1 Pot gonnes every pece shotith of stone iiij lb. weight. 1524 R. Copland tr. J. de Bourbon Syege Cyte of Rodes in Begynnynge Ordre Knyghtes Hospytallers sig. Bvj^v Than y^e enmyes were warned by the Iewe that wrote lettres to them.., that y^e sayd potgonnes dyde no harme. 1549 T. Chaloner tr. Erasmus Praise of Folie sig. Hiv Another striken through with a potgonne recouered. 1557 A. Jenkinson Voy. & Trav. (1886) II. 360 They haue..a great many of morter pieces or potguns. 1622 N. Breton Strange Newes sig. A.4^v Their great Ordinance are Pot-guns, and their small shot halfe Cans. 1683 R. Dixon Canidia v. xv. 153 Berthaldus Swart, from a Pot-gun, Cast Culverings that made Armies run. 1703 tr. L. de Lahontan New Voy. N.-Amer. I. xvi. 140 He ought to carry with him some Pot-Guns of eight Foot in length, and six in breadth. 1885 S. Smiles Men Invention & Industry i. 7 (note) The principal kinds of ordnance at that time were..‘Culverins’ and ‘Serpents’; ‘Minions’ and ‘Potguns’; [etc.]. †2. a. Chiefly humorous. Any weak or ineffectual gun (esp. a pistol). Cf. popgun n. 2. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > small-arm > [noun] > pistol pistolet1550 potguna1556 pistol?1560 snapper1587 pistoletto1647 pop1708 gun1744 cracker1751 stick1781 barking iron1785 barker1815 young gun1822 buffer1824 reporter1827 iron1828 flute1842 cannon1901 a1556 N. Udall Ralph Roister Doister (?1566) iv. vii. sig. H.j Once discharge my harquebouse And for my heartes ease, haue once more with my potgoon. a1625 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Knight of Malta iv. iv, in Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Mmmmm2/2 How? fright me with your Pot-gun? 1659 J. Shirley Honoria & Mammon i. i When all your liveries go a-feasting By water, with your gally-foist and pot-guns. 1718 C. Molloy Coquet v. 92 Bring me Armour and Head-piece: Fetch me all the Instruments of War from a Pot-Gun, to a Cannon. 1791 ‘Peeping Tim’ Satirical Ambulator 15 Your hogs-in-armour, who have nothing but their potguns on their shoulders! 1827 G. Darley Sylvia v. iii.166 My words come out pip! pip! like bullets from a potgun. b. = popgun n. 1. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > small-arm > [noun] > small, inefficient, or antiquated gun potgun1562 pot-cannon1653 popgun1719 gas pipe1867 plinker1960 1562 P. Whitehorne Certain Waies Orderyng Souldiers f. 30^v, in tr. N. Machiavelli Arte of Warre One of those potgunnes of elder, that boyes vse to shute paper and slowes in. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Caloniere, a pot-gunne made of a Quill, or Elder sticke. 1628 G. Wither Britain's Remembrancer Pref. 209 Are no more worthy of my serious hopes, Then Ratles, Pot-guns, or the Schoole-boyes Tops. 1660 M. R. Exact Acct. Receipts 3 I..wish I had been chang'd into an Elder-tree, to have been cut out into Pot-guns. 1730 J. Swift To Doctor Delany 6 When first in Print, you see him dread Each Pot-gun levell'd at his Head. 1787 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. Bore tree, an elder tree... From the great pith in the younger branches, which children commonly bore out to make potguns of them. 1801 J. Strutt Glig-gamena Angel-ðeod iv. iv. 283 The trunks were succeeded by pot-guns made with hollow pieces of elder, or of quills. †3. figurative. Something that is noisy or alarming but insignificant; spec. a loud-mouthed or boastful person. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > [noun] > boaster yelper1340 avaunterc1374 braggerc1390 fare-makerc1440 seggerc1440 shakerc1440 vaunter1484 roosera1500 praterc1500 cracker1509 vouster?a1513 boaster1574 Thrasoa1576 braggarta1577 braver1589 glorioser1589 bragout1592 rodomont1592 braggadocio1594 gloriosoc1599 puckfist1600 burgullian1601 puff1601 forthputtera1610 rodomontado1609 ostentator1611 fanfaron1622 potgun1623 thrasonist1626 cracka1640 vapourer1653 braggadocian1654 rodomontadist1655 charlatan1670 brag1671 rodomontade1683 gasconader1709 rodomontader1730 Gascon1757 spread eagle1809 bag of wind1816 penny trumpeter1828 spraga1838 gasser1855 blow-hard1857 blower1863 crower1864 gabber1869 flannel-mouth1882 punk-fist1890 skiter1898 Tartarin1903 blow1904 skite1906 poofter1916 trombenik1922 shooter of lines1941 fat-mouth1942 wide-mouth1959 Wheneye1982 trash talker1986 braggarist- society > communication > information > reporting > [noun] > a report > unfounded potgun1623 shave1813 1623 J. Webster Dutchesse of Malfy iii. iii. sig. G4^v I saw a Duch-man breake his pate once For calling him pot-gun. c1626 Dick of Devonshire (1955) 52 I heard such a report but had no faith in't; a meere Pot gun. 1693 W. Congreve Old Batchelour iii. i. 24 That sign of a Man there—That Pot-gun charg'd with Wind. 1708 E. Ward Hudibras Redivivus (ed. 2) I. xii. 16 Such dreadful Pot-guns of Correction, That threaten'd nothing but Destruction. 1735 C. Johnson Country Lasses 79 Mode. Thou are a very Potgun charg'd with air. Aura. And thou are a wooden Blunderbuss without any charge at all. Compounds † General attributive, limitative, etc. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1573 R. Sempill in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. 101 Thay thair in mycht not..hyde For pot gun pellettis falland from the heuin. c1639 T. Dekker & J. Ford Sun's-darling (1656) Rdr. sig. A3^v Presents him in the Twy-light of his age Not Pot-gun-proofe. 1651 J. Jane Εικων Ακλαστος 168 These are potgun preparations for a Civill war. 1691 D. Defoe New Discov. Old Intreague xvi. 21 Their Pot-gun Volleys charge Her Royal Ear. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?1470
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