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choke-bore
choke-bore (ˈtʃəʊkbɔə(r)) The bore of a fowling-piece which narrows towards the muzzle, thus tending to keep the shot together and increase the range of the gun. Also a fowling-piece with such a bore. So choke-bored ppl. a.; choke-boring vbl. n.1875 ‘Stonehenge’ Brit. Sports i. i. iv. §5. 82 The sec... Oxford English Dictionary
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William Wellington Greener
Choke-bore Guns, and How to Load for All Kinds of Game. London and New York: Cassell, Petter & Galpin, 1876. The Gun and Its Development. wikipedia.org
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William Pittman Lett
For his 25th anniversary as Clerk, Ottawa City Council presented Lett with a high-quality fowling piece (a choke-bore hunting rifle), manufactured by W.W wikipedia.org
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choke
▪ I. choke, n.1 (tʃəʊk) [f. the vb. See note on sense 5.] 1. What chokes or impedes respiration: † a. chokes: the quinsy. Obs.1562 Turner Herbal ii. 144 a, It will heale y⊇ diseases of the sciatica and y⊇ squynansie or chokes. Ibid. ii. 164 a, Good for the squinancie or choukes. b. slang. Prison bre... Oxford English Dictionary
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bore
▪ I. bore, n.1 (bɔə(r)) Also 6 Sc. boir, 7 boar(e. [Partly f. bore v.1; but in senses 1–4 it may be partly adoption of, or cogn. w., ON. bora wk. fem. ‘bore-hole’:—OTeut. *borôn- (the corresp. form *bore is not recorded in OE.; the equivalent OHG. bora, Du. boor fem., agree in meaning with 5); and i... Oxford English Dictionary
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John Henry Walsh
In 1875, the value of the choke-bore system received further elucidation in another trial at the All England Croquet Club grounds at Wimbledon, of which wikipedia.org
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blow
▪ I. blow, v.1 (bləʊ) Pa. tense blew. Pa. pple. blown (also in sense 29 blowed). Forms: 1 bláwan, 2–3 blawen, (2 blauwen), blouwen, 3 bloawen, 5 blowen, blowyn, 3–7 blowe, 5– blow; (north.) 3–4 blau, 4–6 blawe, 3– blaw. pa. tense 1 bleów, bléw, 2–3 bleu, 4 blwe, bleeȝ, bleȝ, 3–5 blu, 5 blue, 4–6 ble... Oxford English Dictionary
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non-
▪ I. non-, prefix (nɒn) (also 4–6 noun-, noon-, 5 nom-, 5–6 nowne-, 5–7 none-, often written separate), used to express negation. One of the great formative elements in English. The earlier formations were either directly adopted from, or modelled upon, Anglo-French compounds in noun- = OF. non-, no... Oxford English Dictionary
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