Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as cannon, 3.

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Examples

  • I’ll be bound, Lady Ashton understands every machine for breaking in the human mind, and there are as many as there are cannon-bit, martingales, and cavessons for young colts.”

    The Bride of Lammermoor 2008

  • Lady Ashton understands every machine for breaking in the human mind, and there are as many as there are cannon-bit, martingales, and cavessons for young colts. "

    The Bride of Lammermoor Walter Scott 1801

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