"Besides these there were old howitzers from the year 1842; muzzle-loaders with the characteristic pyramids of cannon ball by the side, such as are often used in Germany at village festivals or to fire a salute.

The Mir mounts a few primitive, muzzle-loading cannon, and the citadel is garrisoned by a thousand men, chiefly Afghans, deserters from Cábul, Kandahár, and other parts of the Ameer's dominions.

The torpedo has within it an eight-inch gun, capable of exploding a shell with a muzzle velocity of about 1,000 feet a second.

"Present," whispered Lynes, and the rifles were raised to the shoulder, with every muzzle pointing towards the gate.

Muzzle-maker to the Master of the King's Buckhounds.

That was one of the annoying aspects of the muzzling order; one met in muzzle shops people with whom neither temperament nor circumstances would otherwise have thrown one.

His owner, a bushy-bearded Hindu, kneels over the animal, his body-cloth thrown clear of a hard brown arm, his fingers ready to loose the muzzle-strap.

HEADThe head should be broadest at the ears, tapering slightly to the eyes, with the muzzle tapering more decidedly to the nose.

From the left a thousand muzzles belch forth a hissing flood of bullets; the poor fellows clutch wildly at the air and fall from their saddles, and maddened horses throw themselves against the fences.

roared the veteran as he placed the muzzle weapon at the lock and pulled the trigger.

4 I met Lady Pinkerton and her elder daughter in the muzzle department of the Army and Navy Stores the next week.

He held the muzzle end of the rifle barrel in his right hand, and poked at the coals with it so as to get it properly covered.

rifle, has a muzzle energy of 3,800 foot tons.