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Son of a gun

словарь блюза (Алексей Аграновский)
  1. Эвфемизм для son of a bitch (muddy waters, hoochie coochie man).

  2. An epithet conveying contempt in a slight degree, and originally applied to boys born afloat, when women were permitted to accompany their husbands to sea; one admiral declared he literally was thus cradled, under the breast of a gun-carriage.

  3. Not infrequently one of the women visitors to a warship would find herself pregnant, with no idea which of the crew was the father. birth normally took place between two cannon, one of which might be fired to encourage a difficult delivery. since the child would certainly have been conceived on the gundeck, and because seamen often referred to genitals as their armament, it was natural to call it the “son of a gun” as a synonym for “son of a whore.”




Gun, английский
  1. Boucheuse /lance de gunitage

  2. The usual service name for a cannon (which see); it was originally called great gun, to distinguish it from the small or hand guns, muskets, blunderbusses, &c. the general construction for guns of cast metal is fairly represented by the old rule that the circumference at the breech ought to measure eleven calibres, at the trunnions nine, and at the muzzle seven, for iron; and in each instance two calibres less for brass guns. but the introduction of wrought-iron guns, built up with outer jackets of metal shrunk on one above another, is developing other names and proportions in the new artillery. (see built-up guns.) the weight of these latter, though differently disposed, and required not so much for strength as for modifying the recoil or shock to the carriage on discharge, is not very much less, proportionally, for heavy guns of full power, than that of the old ones, being about 1-1/4 cwt. of gun for every 1 lb. of shot; for light guns for field purposes it is about 3/4 cwt. for every 1 lb. of shot. guns are generally designated from the weight of the shot they discharge, though some few natures, introduced principally for firing shells, were distinguished by the diameter of their bore in inches; with the larger guns of the new system, in addition to this diameter, the weight in tons is also specified.—gun, in north-country cant, meant a large flagon of ale, and son of a gun was a jovial toper: the term, owed its derivation to lads born under the breast of the lower-deck guns in olden times, when women were allowed to accompany their husbands. even in 1820 the best petty officers were allowed this indulgence, about one to every hundred men. gunners also, who superintended the youngsters, took their wives, and many living admirals can revert to kindness experienced from them. these “sons of a gun” were tars, and no mistake.—morning gun, a signal fired by an admiral or commodore at day-break every morning for the drums or bugles to sound the reveille. a gun of like name and nature is generally in use in fortresses; as is also the evening gun, fired by an admiral or commodore at 9 p.m. in summer, and 8 p.m. in winter, every night, on which the drums or bugles sound the retreat.

  3. [1] a generic term for the carriage-mounted cannon of sailing warships. [2] any piece of ordnance from which missiles are propelled by explosion through a metallic tube.


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Gun aircraft unit, английский
    Авиационная пушечная установка


Gun and ammunition qualification group, английский
    Группа аттестационных испытаний пушек и боеприпасов


Gun and head money, английский
    Given to the captors of an enemy`s ship of war destroyed,


Gun blast, английский

Gun captain, английский
    The petty officer in charge of a gun crew.


Gun carriage, английский
    [1] generically, any structure on which a gun is mounted and fired, whether wheeled or not. [2] specifically, a 4-wheeled wooden framework on which a sailing warship’s cannon was mounted. the first carriages for ship’s cannon sat upon two large cart-wheels, like the guns used on land. but, by the mid–1500s, the english had developed the “truck carriage” which had four small solid wooden wheels, one on each corner. compared to the earlier two-wheeled design, weight was more evenly distributed, it could be rolled right up to the gunport, and was easier to train left or right using a lever known as a “trailspike.” at first the carriages had solid flat beds, but by about 1700 most were fabricated from two thick side pieces known as “cheeks,” linked by stout baulks of timber known as “transoms” or “axle-trees,” with metal reinforcing bolts to hold the parts together. the cheeks were stepped from front to back, providing points of purchase when the gunners were elevating the barrel of the gun using trailspikes. this design became the standard form of maritime gun carriage throughout the muzzle-loading era, except for the spanish armada which used two-wheeled sea carriages until the early 17th century.


Gun consistency, английский

Gun crew, английский
    From the 16th to 19th centuries, the basic division of labor remained the same, core roles being gun captain, loader, and spunger. the size of the crew ranged from four or five for a small gun such as a six-pounder to up to fifteen to fire and service each heavy cannon in a line of battle ship’s broadside. their roles and responsibilities were: rating duties captain command the crew, aim and fire the gun 2nd captain assist the captain and run out the gun loader/rammer load the powder and ram home the shot. help run out and train the gun assistant loader pass powder and shot to the loader. help run out and train the gun spunger spunge and worm the gun. assist the rammer. help run out and train the gun assistant spunger pass spunge and worm to spunger and rammer to loader. help run out and train auxiliaries use trailspikes to elevate the gun; man- (up to nine) age breeching ropes (which check recoil) and tackles (for running out and training); bring powder and shot from ready-use storage; perform fireman duty


Gun deck, английский
    1. up through the 19th century, a deck aboard a ship that was primarily used for the mounting of cannon to be fired in broadsides.


Gun direction room, английский
    Former name for the nerve 141 gun center of an rn warship in combat, now part of the operations room. known as combat information center in the usn.


Gun director, английский
    A shipboard system which tracks a vessel’s course and speed relative to enemy ships, and adjusts for wind velocity, air and water temperature, and other factors to calculate elevation and bearing for the guns.


Gun drill, английский

Gun electrical unit, английский
    Прибор электроуправления пушкой


Gun fighter, английский

Gun finish, английский
    A layer of shotcrete as it is applied, without subsequent hand finishing. gun grade, gun consistency a grade of caulking or glazing compound which has the proper softness for application by a caulking gun. gun hole, gun loop, gun port, gun slot a type of embrasure in a structure designed to provide protection in case of enemy attack; the opening enables a defender to fire through a wall, over a wide angle. gunite a proprietary name for shotcrete.


Gun firing, английский
    Firing a smoothbore muzzle-loading naval cannon required a great amount of hard work and manpower. the weapon was essentially just a pipe (the barrel), sealed at one end to form a chamber. a wet swab was first thrust down the pipe, to extinguish any embers from a previous firing which might prematurely ignite the next charge. coarse gunpowder was then put into the open end (the “mouth”) either loose with a powder spoon, or pre-wrapped in a cloth or paper cartridge, and pushed down to the chamber with a rammer. a quantity of wadding was then rammed on top of the powder, a cannonball or other form of shot was pushed home on top of the wadding, and another wad was rammed on top of the ball. this not only created a better seal, but also stopped the shot from rolling out due to swaying of the ship. the gun was then “run out,” its crew heaving on the gun tackles until the front of the carriage was hard up against the bulwark, and the barrel protruded through the port. this took the majority of the manpower, since a naval cannon and its carriage could weigh more than two tons and be hard to move if the ship was rolling. a small amount of fine-quality “mealed” gunpowder was then put into the vent (touchhole) and the gun was ready to fire. ignition was initially achieved by thrusting a redhot priming iron (spike) down the vent. this worked well but required an open furnace on the gundeck, creating a fire hazard. the next solution was a slow match applied with a linstock. this also worked well, but progressively eroded the vent, leading to a loss of muzzle velocity due to leakage of propellant gas. in 1697, metal firing tubes were introduced. after removing its paper seal, the tube was placed in the vent and ignited by slow-match or portfire. however, hot and possibly ragged metal tubes lying on the deck after firing were a hazard to the bare feet of gun crews, so they were replaced by goose quills in 1778. however, the quills burned completely on firing, bringing back the problem of vent erosion. finally, in 1790, the problem was effectively solved by introduction of the flintlock.


Originally, английский
    Первоначально


Stingaree, английский
    Блюзовый эвфемизм для половых органов (чаще - женских) (bessie smith, it makes my love come down; blind boy fuller, stingy mama; charlie musselwhite, stingaree).


Solid sender, английский
    1) блестящий исполнитель свинга или блюза; 2) приятный и общительный человек.