- Ice hockey ball - Throw - Throw quickly - To make a noise resembling that of a hen when she calls
her chickens; to cluck. - To chuckle; to laugh. - To call, as a hen her chickens. - The chuck or call of a hen.
- A gun so short that the projectile, which was hollow,
could be put in its place by hand; a kind of mortar. - A short, light, largebore cannon, usually having a
chamber of smaller diameter than the rest of the bore, and intended to
throw large projectiles with comparatively small charges.
- Howitzer - A kind of short cannon, formerly in use, designed to
throw a large projectile with small velocity, used for the purpose of
breaking or smashing in, rather than piercing, the object aimed at, as
the side of a ship. It has no trunnions, but is supported on its
carriage by a bolt passing through a loop on its under side.