bomb-gun

A Snider went off with the roar of a bomb-gun, and Sheldon heard a pane of window - glass crash behind him.

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A Snider went off with the roar of a bomb-gun, and Sheldon heard a pane of window - glass crash behind him.

The Port Adams Crowd 1911

Turning to the third officer, he added, "And I killed it in the good old-fashioned hand-lance style, and didn't touch the new-fangled bomb-gun that the owners put in all our boats."

The Junior Classics — Volume 8 Animal and Nature Stories William Patten 1902

My shot from the bomb-gun had killed the bull whale, and it had also taught Captain Coffin two lessons: First, not to leave a whale merely because it is spouting blood, for it is liable, as in the present case, to clear its spouting, as its ruptured blood vessel is drained, and like a wounded animal, to fight with renewed vigor; second, not to despise the bomb-gun.

The Junior Classics — Volume 8 Animal and Nature Stories William Patten 1902

It was known as "Pierce's darting gun," being a combination of bomb-gun and harpoon, capable of being darted at the whale like a plain harpoon.

The Cruise of the Cachalot Round the World After Sperm Whales Frank T. Bullen 1886

So Mr. Count got out his bomb-gun, shouting at the same time to Mr. Cruce to do the same.

The Cruise of the Cachalot Round the World After Sperm Whales Frank T. Bullen 1886

During a momentary lull in the storm, I took the opportunity to load my bomb-gun, much as I disliked handling the thing, keeping my eye all the time on the water around where I expected to see mine enemy popping up murderously at any minute.

The Cruise of the Cachalot Round the World After Sperm Whales Frank T. Bullen 1886

However, the whale did not have it all his own way, for the skipper, having charged his bomb-gun, patiently laid for him, and fired.

The Cruise of the Cachalot Round the World After Sperm Whales Frank T. Bullen 1886

A bomb-gun is made for a practical purpose -- the stock is almost solid metal, and altogether it is no light weight. "

John Frewen, South Sea Whaler 1904 Louis Becke 1884