Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
swivel , 2.
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Examples
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A gunner applies their Dexterity bonus to hit instead of their Int bonus with a swivel-gun.
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Nettlebones, senior officer of the eastern division after my papa, although a very young man still, carries a swivel-gun and two bow-chasers.
Mary Anerley Richard Doddridge 2004
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For this gallant lieutenant, slanting toward the bows of the flying bilander, which he had no hope of fore-reaching, trained his long swivel-gun upon her, and let go — or rather tried to let go — at her.
Mary Anerley Richard Doddridge 2004
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In half an hour the largest boat, which carried a brass swivel-gun in her bows, was stretching gracefully across the bay, with her three white sails flashing back the sunset.
Mary Anerley Richard Doddridge 2004
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Then, at a signal, the coverings were thrown off, and a rain of bullets was poured into the defenceless savages, while a swivel-gun mowed down the victims of this brutality.
French Pathfinders in North America William Henry Johnson
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Poor fellow, he was very glad, fired his swivel-gun, and then brought up for breakfast.
The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy Henry Keppel
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The big gunner was at the breach of his swivel-gun, ramrod in hand.
The Black Buccaneer 1934
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Accompanied by the two boys, he made his way along the steeply canted deck of the plunging schooner to the breach of the swivel-gun at the bow.
The Black Buccaneer 1934
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A port in the rail of the schooner opened and the muzzle of a small swivel-gun projected, aimed full at the launch.
The Boy With the U. S. Fisheries Francis Rolt-Wheeler 1918
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An American flag floated from the prow, and behind the flag the universal types of progress everywhere -- goods for trade and a swivel-gun.
bilby commented on the word swivel-gun
*swivels*
March 3, 2016