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

Parting :: Parting (v.) Given when departing; as, a parting shot; a parting salute..

Mill :: Mill (n.) A passage underground through which ore is shot.

Breastwheel :: Breastwheel (n.) A water wheel, on which the stream of water strikes neither so high as in the overshot wheel, nor so low as in the undershot, but generally at about half the height of the wheel, being kept in contact with it by the breasting. The water acts on the float boards partly by impulse, partly by its weight..

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

Pouch :: Pouch (n.) A small bag; usually, a leathern bag; as, a pouch for money; a shot pouch; a mail pouch, etc..

Masse Shot :: Masse shot (n.) A stroke made with the cue held vertically.

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

Top-chain :: Top-chain (n.) A chain for slinging the lower yards, in time of action, to prevent their falling, if the ropes by which they are hung are shot away..

Choke :: Choke (n.) A constriction in the bore of a shotgun, case of a rocket, etc..

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

Shoot :: Shoot (n.) A weft thread shot through the shed by the shuttle; a pick.

Pepper :: Pepper (v. i.) To fire numerous shots (at).

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

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..

Shotted :: Shotted (a.) Having a shot attached; as, a shotten suture..

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..

Narrow :: Narrow (superl.) Having but a little margin; having barely sufficient space, time, or number, etc.; close; near; -- with special reference to some peril or misfortune; as, a narrow shot; a narrow escape; a narrow majority..

Mow :: Mow (v. t.) To cut down; to cause to fall in rows or masses, as in mowing grass; -- with down; as, a discharge of grapeshot mows down whole ranks of men..

Flight-shot :: Flight-shot (n.) The distance to which an arrow or flight may be shot; bowshot, -- about the fifth of a mile..

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