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Perseid :: Perseid (n.) One of a group of shooting stars which appear yearly about the 10th of August, and cross the heavens in paths apparently radiating from the constellation Perseus. They are beleived to be fragments once connected with a comet visible in 1862..

Shot :: Shot (n.) A marksman; one who practices shooting; as, an exellent shot..

Lyrid :: Lyrid (n.) One of the group of shooting stars which come into the air in certain years on or about the 19th of April; -- so called because the apparent path among the stars the stars if produced back wards crosses the constellation Lyra.

Projection :: Projection (n.) The act of throwing or shooting forward.

Shot :: Shot (n.) The act of shooting; discharge of a firearm or other weapon which throws a missile.

Range :: Range (v.) A place where shooting, as with cannons or rifles, is practiced..

Shooting :: Shooting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shoo.

Sagittarius :: Sagittarius (n.) A zodiacal constellation, represented on maps and globes as a centaur shooting an arrow..

Twinge :: Twinge (v. i.) To have a sudden, sharp, local pain, like a twitch; to suffer a keen, darting, or shooting pain; as, the side twinges..

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..

Sharpshooter :: Sharpshooter (n.) One skilled in shooting at an object with exactness; a good marksman.

Spirit :: Spiring (a.) Shooting up in a spire or spires.

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

Glancing :: Glancing (a.) Shooting, as light..

Overshooting :: Overshooting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overshoo.

Branching :: Branching (a.) Furnished with branches; shooting our branches; extending in a branch or branches.

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..

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

Shoot :: Shoot (v. i.) To penetrate, as a missile; to dart with a piercing sensation; as, shooting pains..

Flobert :: Flobert (n.) A small cartridge designed for target shooting; -- sometimes called ball cap.

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