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Range :: Range (v. i.) To have range; to change or differ within limits; to be capable of projecting, or to admit of being projected, especially as to horizontal distance; as, the temperature ranged through seventy degrees Fahrenheit; the gun ranges three miles; the shot ranged four miles..

Buckshot :: Buckshot (n.) A coarse leaden shot, larger than swan shot, used in hunting deer and large game..

Hearing :: Hearing (n.) Extent within which sound may be heard; sound; earshot.

Glancing :: Glancing (a.) Flying off (after striking) in an oblique direction; as, a glancing shot..

Spitted :: Spitted (a.) Shot out long; -- said of antlers.

Carom :: Carom (n.) A shot in which the ball struck with the cue comes in contact with two or more balls on the table; a hitting of two or more balls with the player's ball. In England it is called cannon.

Grape :: Grape (n.) Grapeshot.

Gall :: Gall (v. t.) To injure; to harass; to annoy; as, the troops were galled by the shot of the enemy..

Nook-shotten :: Nook-shotten (a.) Full of nooks, angles, or corners..

Firearm :: Firearm (n.) A gun, pistol, or any weapon from a shot is discharged by the force of an explosive substance, as gunpowder..

Key :: Key (n.) An instrument by means of which the bolt of a lock is shot or drawn; usually, a removable metal instrument fitted to the mechanism of a particular lock and operated by turning in its place..

Ironclad :: Ironclad (n.) A naval vessel having the parts above water covered and protected by iron or steel usually in large plates closely joined and made sufficiently thick and strong to resist heavy shot.

Grapeshot :: Grapeshot (n.) A cluster, usually nine in number, of small iron balls, put together by means of cast-iron circular plates at top and bottom, with two rings, and a central connecting rod, in order to be used as a charge for a cannon. Formerly grapeshot were inclosed in canvas bags..

Canna :: Canna (n.) A genus of tropical plants, with large leaves and often with showy flowers. The Indian shot (C. Indica) is found in gardens of the northern United States..

Perrier :: Perrier (n.) A short mortar used formerly for throwing stone shot.

Cartouch :: Cartouch (n.) A wooden case filled with balls, to be shot from a cannon..

Rack :: Rack (a.) A piece or frame of wood, having several sheaves, through which the running rigging passes; -- called also rack block. Also, a frame to hold shot..

Shot :: Shot (imp. & p. p.) of Shoo.

Shots :: Shots (pl. ) of Sho.

Range :: Range (v.) Sometimes, less properly, the trajectory of a shot or projectile..

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