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Choke :: Choke (v. t.) To make a choke, as in a cartridge, or in the bore of the barrel of a shotgun..

Range :: Range (v.) The horizontal distance to which a shot or other projectile is carried.

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..

Blood-shotten :: Blood-shotten (a.) Bloodshot.

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

Case Shot :: Case shot () A collection of small projectiles, inclosed in a case or canister..

Foreshot :: Foreshot (n.) In distillation of low wines, the first portion of spirit that comes over, being a fluid abounding in fusel oil..

Scitamineous :: Scitamineous (a.) Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants (Scitamineae), mostly tropical herbs, including the ginger, Indian shot, banana, and the plants producing turmeric and arrowroot..

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

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

Drop :: Drop (n.) That which resembles, or that which hangs like, a liquid drop; as a hanging diamond ornament, an earring, a glass pendant on a chandelier, a sugarplum (sometimes medicated), or a kind of shot or slug..

Pistolade :: Pistolade (n.) A pistol shot.

Pile :: Pile (n.) A mass formed in layers; as, a pile of shot..

Calipers :: Calipers (n. pl.) An instrument, usually resembling a pair of dividers or compasses with curved legs, for measuring the diameter or thickness of bodies, as of work shaped in a lathe or planer, timber, masts, shot, etc.; or the bore of firearms, tubes, etc.; -- called also caliper compasses, or caliber compasses..

Bombardment :: Bombardment (n.) An attack upon a fortress or fortified town, with shells, hot shot, rockets, etc.; the act of throwing bombs and shot into a town or fortified place..

Tell :: Tell (v. i.) To take effect; to produce a marked effect; as, every shot tells; every expression tells..

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.

Arquebusade :: Arquebusade (n.) A distilled water from a variety of aromatic plants, as rosemary, millefoil, etc.; -- originally used as a vulnerary in gunshot wounds..

Shot :: Shot (n.) The flight of a missile, or the distance which it is, or can be, thrown; as, the vessel was distant more than a cannon shot..

Burrel Shot :: Burrel shot () A mixture of shot, nails, stones, pieces of old iron, etc., fired from a cannon at short range, in an emergency..

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