Look up: Canister

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   Canister
   see 'Canaster'
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   Canister
   Military Iron or tin cylinders, with iron, tin or wood tops and bottoms, filled with bullets packed in sawdust. Formally used as one form of ammunition for muzzle-loading cannon. The fore-runner of 'Shrapnel', it was also known as Case Shot.
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   canister
   [n] - metal container for storing dry foods such as tea or flour
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   Canister
   Artillery projectile of lead balls in a tin container. Resembled a giant shotgun cartridge and had similar effect over a short range.
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   Canister
   Can'is·ter (kăn'ĭs*tẽr) noun [ Latin canistrum a basket woven from reeds Greek ..., from ka`nh , ka`nna reed; confer French canistre . See Cane , and Canaster .] 1. A small basket of rushes, reeds, or willow twigs, etc. 2. A small box or case for holding tea, coffee, etc. 3. (Mil.) A kind of case ...
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   canister
   A box or container; in anaesthesiology, the container for carbon dioxide absorbent. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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   canister
   cannister noun metal container for storing dry foods such as tea or flour
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   Canister
   The term `canister` (sometimes spelled `cannister`) can mean: *Originally, a basket of woven reeds *Now commonly, any container that is roughly cylindrical in shape. * The abbreviated form `can` refers more specifically to a metal canister. * 35mm film containers for use in cameras * Pods used for parachute supply drops * Gas containers used for riot control * A cylindrical bell worn by sheep, that was traditionally used in Sussex, England, espec...
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   Canister
   • (n.) A small box or case for holding tea, coffee, etc. • (n.) A kind of case shot for cannon, in which a number of lead or iron balls in layers are inclosed in a case fitting the gun; -- called also canister shot. • (n.) A small basket of rushes, reeds, or willow twigs, etc.
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    canister
    (from the article `military technology`) ...loading. (In that case, moist clay was sometimes packed atop the wadding that separated the ball from the powder charge.) Other projectiles ...
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