See also:

• BLUNDERBUSS (a corruption of the Dutch dander, thunder, and the Dutch bus; cf. Ger. Biichse, a box or tube, hence a thunder-box or gun)

BLUNDERBUSS (a corruption of the Dutch dander, See also:

• THUNDER

thunder, and the Dutch bus; cf. Ger. Biichse, a See also:

• BOX
• BOX (Gr. irl or, Lat. buxus, box-wood; cf. 2r6Eir, a pyx)

box or See also:

• TUBE (Lat. tuba)

tube, hence a thunder-box or See also:

• GUN

gun)  , an obsolete muzzle-loading firearm with a See also:

• BELL
• BELL, ALEXANDER MELVILLE (1819—1905)
• BELL, ANDREW (1753—1832)
• BELL, GEORGE JOSEPH (1770-1843)
• BELL, HENRY (1767-1830)
• BELL, HENRY GLASSFORD (1803-1874)
• BELL, JACOB (1810-1859)
• BELL, JOHN (1691-178o)
• BELL, JOHN (1763-1820)
• BELL, JOHN (1797-1869)
• BELL, ROBERT (1800-1867)
• BELL, SIR CHARLES (1774—1842)

bell-shaped muzzle . Its calibre was large so that it could contain many balls or slugs, and it was intended to be fired at a See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short range, so that some of the See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

charge was sure to take effect . The word is also used by See also:

• ANALOGY (Gr. avaXo-yLa, proportion)

analogy to describe a blundering and See also:

• RANDOM (older forms randon, randrun; from the French, cf. randir, to run quickly, impetuously; generally taken to be of Teutonic origin and connected with Ger. Rand, edge, brim, the idea being possibly of a brimming river)

random See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person or talker .