different between gunnery vs pricker

English

Etymology

gun +? -ery

Noun

gunnery (usually uncountable, plural gunneries)

1. (uncountable) The science of guns and gunfire including aspects of bullet flight and impact.
2. (uncountable) The design and manufacture of guns, particularly those of a large caliber.
3. (uncountable) The firing of guns
   • 1920, Wilfred Owen, "Exposure" in Poems, London: Chatto & Windus, p. 18, [1]

     Northward incessantly, the flickering gunnery rumbles, / Far off, like a dull rumour of some other war.

   • 1973, Jaroslav Hašek, The Good Soldier Švejk, translated by Cecil Parrott, London: William Heinemann, Chapter 5, p. 438,

     The 12th march company telephoned claiming that someone in the office had heard that they were waiting to do some shooting practice at moveable targets and that they would only leave after gunnery practice under front conditions.

4. (countable) A place where guns are tested, or where people are trained in their use

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See also

• artillery

English

Etymology

prick +? -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p??k?(?)/
• Rhymes: -?k?(?)

Noun

pricker (plural prickers)

1. One who pricks.
2. A tool for pricking.
3. A prickle or thorn.
4. Any of several American prickly woody vines of the genus Smilax; greenbrier.
5. One who spurs forward; a light-horseman.
6. A priming wire; a priming needle, used in blasting and gunnery.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Knight to this entry?)

7. (nautical) A small marlinespike used in sailmaking.

Related terms

• prick
• prickle
• prickly

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