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canister [′kan·ə′stər] (mechanical engineering) (ordnance) A special short-range, antipersonnel projectile designed to be fired from rifled guns. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Each of the Martians, standing in the great crescent I have described, had discharged, by means of the gunlike tube he carried, a huge canister over whatever hill, copse, cluster of houses, or other possible cover for guns, chanced to be in front of him. This was followed by two whistling sounds of canister shot, one after another. “Why, it’s only to buy a canister of powder—’twill cost two silver dollars. |
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