different between gunstone vs ogress

English

Etymology

From Middle English gunstone; equivalent to gun +? stone: they were originally made from stone.

Noun

gunstone (plural gunstones)

1. (obsolete) A cannonball.

Anagrams

• nonguest, onguents

Middle English

Alternative forms

• gunne stone, gonne-stone, gonne stone, gonn stone, gunne ston

Etymology

From gunne +? stone.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??unst??n/

Noun

gunstone (plural gunstones)

1. (Late Middle English) A cannonball; a missile used by a cannon.
2. (rare, Late Middle English) A missile used by a trebuchet or similar device.

Descendants

• English: gunstone (obsolete)
• Scots: gunstane (obsolete)

References

• “g?nne-st?n, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-23.

English

Etymology 1

ogre +? -ess

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??????s/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?o????s/

Noun

ogress (plural ogresses)

1. A female ogre.
2. A fierce, unfriendly woman.

Related terms

• orcess
• goblette
• trolless
• trollette

Translations

Etymology 2

From Old French ogoesse

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??????s/

Noun

ogress (plural ogresses)

1. (heraldry) A roundel sable.

Synonyms

• (roundel sable): gunstone, pellet

Anagrams

• Gosser, Groses, Grosse, gorses, grosse, sogers