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Gatling
[ gat-ling ]
noun
- Richard Jordan, 1818–1903, U.S. inventor.
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The Gatling soon made its way widely, and its rapidity of fire became a proverb.
Yo' dun work yo' snowballs lik da was comin' from a Gatling gun!
It is Christian countries that build ironclads and make cannon, gatling guns, deadly rifles, and terrible explosives.
It may appear that Morrison was training an able-bodied Gatling on a very small corporal's guard, and so wasting his ammunition.
She is caught, and the firing of rifles and Gatling-guns from the tops shows that she is hotly received.
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