CANNON, kan'un, _n._ a great gun used in war: a stroke in billiards in
which the player hits both the red and his opponent's ball.--_v.i._ to
cannonade: to make a cannon at billiards: to collide.--_n._ CANNONADE', an
attack with cannon.--_v.t._ to attack or batter with cannon.--_ns._
CANNONAD'ING; CANN'ON-BALL, a ball usually made of cast-iron, to be shot
from a cannon; CANN'ON-BIT, or CANN'ON, a smooth round bit; CANN'ON-BONE,
the long bone between the knee and the foot of a horse; CANNONEER',
CANNONIER', one who manages cannon; CANN'ON-GAME, a form of billiards in
which, the table having no pockets, the game consists in making a series of
cannons; CANN'ON-MET'AL, an alloy of about 90 parts of copper and 10 of
tin, from which cannon are manufactured.--_adj._ CANN'ON-PROOF, proof
against cannon-shot.--_ns._ CANN'ONRY, cannonading: artillery;
CANN'ON-SHOT, a cannon-ball: the distance to which a cannon will throw a
ball. [Fr. _canon_, from L. _canna_, a reed.]