Associations to the word «Hotchkiss»

Wiktionary

HOTCHKISS, proper noun. A patronymic surname​.
HOTCHKISS GUN, noun. (historical) A built-up, rifled, rapid-fire gun of oil-tempered steel, having a rectangular breechblock which moves horizontally or vertically in a mortise cut completely through the jacket.
HOTCHKISS GUNS, noun. Plural of Hotchkiss gun

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats