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Sharpshooting :: Sharpshooting (n.) A shooting with great precision and effect; hence, a keen contest of wit or argument..

Leaf :: Leaf (v. i.) To shoot out leaves; to produce leaves; to leave; as, the trees leaf in May..

Shoot :: Shoot (v. i.) To variegate as if by sprinkling or intermingling; to color in spots or patches.

Dart :: Dart (v. t.) To throw suddenly or rapidly; to send forth; to emit; to shoot; as, the sun darts forth his beams..

Browse :: Browse (v. i.) To feed on the tender branches or shoots of shrubs or trees, as do cattle, sheep, and deer..

Glare :: Glare (v. t.) To shoot out, or emit, as a dazzling light..

Obedience :: Obedience (n.) A cell (or offshoot of a larger monastery) governed by a prior.

Soboles :: Soboles (n.) A shoot running along under ground, forming new plants at short distances..

Shawfowl :: Shawfowl (n.) The representation or image of a fowl made by fowlers to shoot at.

Meteoroscope :: Meteoroscope (n.) An instrument for measuring the position, length, and direction, of the apparent path of a shooting star..

Shoot :: Shoot (v. i.) To let fly, or cause to be driven, with force, as an arrow or a bullet; -- followed by a word denoting the missile, as an object..

Shooter :: Shooter (n.) A shooting star.

Arcuation :: Arcuation (n.) A mode of propagating trees by bending branches to the ground, and covering the small shoots with earth; layering..

Spur :: Spur (n.) A mountain that shoots from any other mountain, or range of mountains, and extends to some distance in a lateral direction, or at right angles..

Machicolation :: Machicolation (n.) An opening between the corbels which support a projecting parapet, or in the floor of a gallery or the roof of a portal, shooting or dropping missiles upen assailants attacking the base of the walls. Also, the construction of such defenses, in general, when of this character. See Illusts. of Battlement and Castle..

Poke :: Poke (n.) A large North American herb of the genus Phytolacca (P. decandra), bearing dark purple juicy berries; -- called also garget, pigeon berry, pocan, and pokeweed. The root and berries have emetic and purgative properties, and are used in medicine. The young shoots are sometimes eaten as a substitute for asparagus, and the berries are said to be used in Europe to color wine..

Pool :: Pool (n.) In rifle shooting, a contest in which each competitor pays a certain sum for every shot he makes, the net proceeds being divided among the winners..

Watershoot :: Watershoot (n.) That which serves to guard from falling water; a drip or dripstone.

Marksman :: Marksman (n.) One skillful to hit a mark with a missile; one who shoots well.

Upspear :: Upspear (v. i.) To grow or shoot up like a spear; as, upspearing grass..

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