noun a small cannon, formerly used for clearing a ship's decks of boarders;
called also murdering piece.
2. murderer ·noun one guilty of murder; a person who, in possession of his reason, unlawfully kills a human being with premeditated malice.
noun a small cannon, formerly used for clearing a ship's decks of boarders;
called also murdering piece.
2. murderer ·noun one guilty of murder; a person who, in possession of his reason, unlawfully kills a human being with premeditated malice.
Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Webster. 2012