A projectile, shot from a cannon, filled with about 35 iron balls the size of marbles that scattered like the pellets of a shotgun.  See image»

In nuclear technology the designation for the glass block - including its gas-tight welded metal casing made of corrosion-resistant steel - of vitrified high active waste. A canister contains about 40 [..]

late 15c., "basket," from Latin canistrum "wicker basket" for bread, fruit, flowers, etc., from Greek kanystron "basket made from reed," from kanna (see cane (n.)). It ca [..]

container, usually shaped like a long tube.

See Dry cask storage.

A box or container

Anti-personnel artillery or tank round containing flechette

A can-shaped casement containing grapeshot. When fired from cannon, canisters exploded, scattering grape-sized iron balls like a shotgun blast.

Artillery round – a tin containing lead balls

A canvas or cloth bag filled with small round lead or iron pellets and crammed into a cannon on top of a charge of gunpowder. It would not carry as far as solid shot, but it was deadly at close range. [..]

Anti-personnel scatter-shot for cannon consisting of musket balls packed into a sheet metal cylinder closed at each end by a tight-fitting iron disc held in place by crimped tabs at the ends of the cylinder. Chain links, scraps of metal, shards of glass, rocks, etc. were also sometimes used. On firing, the balls spread out from the muzzle at high v [..]

(n) a metallic cylinder packed with shot and used as ammunition in a firearm(n) metal container for storing dry foods such as tea or flour

The head (pugilistic term). “To mill his canister” is to break his head. A “canister cap” is a covering for the head, whether hat or cap. A “canister&# [..]

In the days of sail, a type of antipersonnel cannon load in which lead balls or other loose metallic items were enclosed in a tin or iron shell. On firing, the shell would disintegrate, releasing the [..]

A type of antipersonnel cannon load in which lead balls or other loose metallic items were enclosed in a tin or iron shell. On firing, the shell would disintegrate, releasing the smaller metal objects [..]

a type of anti personnel cannon load in which lead balls or other loose metallic items were enclosed in a tin or iron shell. On firing the shell would disintegrate releasing the smaller metal objects.

a type of antipersonnel cannon load in which lead balls or other loose metallic items were enclosed in a tin or iron shell. On firing, the shell would disintegrate, releasing the smaller metal objects with a shotgun-like effect.

A cylindrical or rectangular container usually of lightweight metal, plastic, or laminated pasteboard used for holding a dry product (as tea, crackers, flour, matches). *(??????,f),(????????,f) * S [..]