Weapons

epee

a fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade

 

.22

a .22 caliber firearm (pistol or rifle)

 

whaling gun

a gun (or device resembling a gun) for discharging a projectile (especially a harpoon) at a whale

 

forty-five

a .45-caliber pistol

 

boomerang

a curved piece of wood; when properly thrown will return to thrower

 

air-to-air missile

a missile designed to be launched from one airplane at another

 

bow and arrow

a weapon consisting of arrows and the bow to shoot them

 

rifle ball

a bullet designed to be fired from a rifle; no longer made spherical in shape

 

Excalibur

the legendary sword of King Arthur

 

smoothbore

a firearm that has no rifling

 

twenty-two rifle

a .22-caliber rifle

 

GA

the first known nerve agent, synthesized by German chemists in 1936; a highly toxic combustible liquid that is soluble in organic solvents and is used as a nerve gas in chemical warfare

 

guided missile

a rocket-propelled missile whose path can be controlled during flight either by radio signals or by internal homing devices

 

machine gun

a rapidly firing automatic gun (often mounted)

 

lance

a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon

 

ack-ack

artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes

 

flintlock

a muzzle loader that had a flintlock type of gunlock

 

crossbow

a bow fixed transversely on a wooden stock grooved to direct the arrow (quarrel)

 

VX gas

a highly lethal nerve agent used in chemical warfare; a toxic liquid that penetrates the skin or lungs to disrupt the nervous system and stop respiration; in combat VX gas is deployed by detonating a container over the target area and can persist in the environment up to several weeks after release

 

kirpan

a ceremonial four-inch curved dagger that Sikh men and women are obliged to wear at all times