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Definition of Air gun
1. Noun. A gun that propels a projectile by compressed air.
Definition of Air gun
1. Noun. A gun that propels a projectile by compressed air. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Air Gun
Literary usage of Air gun
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by David Ames Wells, George Bliss, Samuel Kneeland, John Trowbridge, Charles Robert Cross (1869)
"AN IMMENSE AIR-GUN. One of our most successful inventors and engineers has l
patented, and the specification has been published, of an enoi- mous air-gun of ..."
2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"Some varieties of air-gun have the condensing syringe detached, ... One inventor
has devised a form of air-gun with two barrels — one of small bore for the ..."
3. Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary: A Description of Tools, Instruments by Edward Henry Knight (1876)
"The air-gun is a pneumatic engine for firing bullets or other projectiles by ...
The child's popgun illustrates the principle of thee air-gun : a pellet is ..."
4. A Treatise on Hydrostatics and Pneumatics by Dionysius Lardner, Benjamin Franklin Joslin (1836)
"THE air gun is an instrument for projecting balls or other missiles by the elastic
force of condensed air. A strong metal ball is constructed, ..."
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