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gun heavy piece of ordnance, cannon XIV; †large engine of war; portable fire-arm XV. ME. gunne, gonne; perh. repr. pet-form (*Gunna) of the Scand. female name Gunnhildr (f. gunnr + hildr, both meaning ‘war’).
Hence gunner XIV. Whence gunnery XVII, gunpowder, gunshot XV, gunsmith XVI, gunstock XV. So gun vb. XVII.

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