vbl. sb. [f. CANNON v. + -ING1.]

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  1.  The discharge of cannon; the noise of this discharge; any similar action or its noise.

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1607.  Brewer, Lingua, I. i. (R.). The loud cannoning of thunder-bolts.

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1691.  [see CANNON v. 1].

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  2.  The making a cannon at billiards; a coming into violent collision.

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1864.  [see CANNON v. 2].

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1881.  Times, 14 Feb., 4/2. In riding for gates … there was crowding and cannoning.

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