Definition of shot

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

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Headmould Shot :: Headmould shot () An old name for the condition of the skull, in which the bones ride, or are shot, over each other at the sutures..
Issue :: Issue (n.) The final outcome or result; upshot; conclusion; event; hence, contest; test; trial..
Aspic :: Aspic (n.) A piece of ordnance carrying a 12 pound shot.
Arquebusade :: Arquebusade (n.) A distilled water from a variety of aromatic plants, as rosemary, millefoil, etc.; -- originally used as a vulnerary in gunshot wounds..
Scratch :: Scratch (n.) A shot which scores by chance and not as intended by the player; a fluke.
Antithesis :: Antithesis (n.) An opposition or contrast of words or sentiments occurring in the same sentence; as, The prodigal robs his heir; the miser robs himself. He had covertly shot at Cromwell; he how openly aimed at the Queen..
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..
Glancing :: Glancing (a.) Flying off (after striking) in an oblique direction; as, a glancing shot..
Midrashoth :: Midrashoth (pl. ) of Midras.
Put :: Put (v. t.) To throw or cast with a pushing motion overhand, the hand being raised from the shoulder; a practice in athletics; as, to put the shot or weight..
Shotted :: Shotted (imp. & p. p.) of Sho.
Shotted :: Shotted (a.) Loaded with shot.
Splinterproof :: Splinter (n.) A thin piece split or rent off lengthwise, as from wood, bone, or other solid substance; a thin piece; a sliver; as, splinters of a ship's mast rent off by a shot..
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..
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..
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..
Shoot :: Shoot (v. i.) To cause an engine or weapon to discharge a missile; -- said of a person or an agent; as, they shot at a target; he shoots better than he rides..
Perrier :: Perrier (n.) A short mortar used formerly for throwing stone shot.
Shotten :: Shotten (n.) Shot out of its socket; dislocated, as a bone..
Eyereach :: Eyereach (n.) The range or reach of the eye; eyeshot.
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