Definition of shot

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Shot (n.) A missile weapon, particularly a ball or bullet; specifically, whatever is discharged as a projectile from firearms or cannon by the force of an explosive..

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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..
Nook-shotten :: Nook-shotten (a.) Full of nooks, angles, or corners..
Choke :: Choke (n.) A constriction in the bore of a shotgun, case of a rocket, etc..
Shotgun :: Shotgun (n.) A light, smooth-bored gun, often double-barreled, especially designed for firing small shot at short range, and killing small game..
Overshot :: Overshot (a.) From Overshoot, v. t..
Eyereach :: Eyereach (n.) The range or reach of the eye; eyeshot.
Unshot :: Unshot (v. t.) To remove the shot from, as from a shotted gun; to unload..
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..
Shot :: Shot () imp. & p. p. of Shoot.
Ladle :: Ladle (v. t.) A ring, with a handle or handles fitted to it, for carrying shot..
Earshot :: Earshot (n.) Reach of the ear; distance at which words may be heard.
Issue :: Issue (n.) The final outcome or result; upshot; conclusion; event; hence, contest; test; trial..
Cannon :: Cannon (n.) A great gun; a piece of ordnance or artillery; a firearm for discharging heavy shot with great force.
Pepper :: Pepper (v. t.) Figuratively: To shower shot or other missiles, or blows, upon; to pelt; to fill with shot, or cover with bruises or wounds..
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..
Undershot :: Undershot (a.) Moved by water passing beneath; -- said of a water wheel, and opposed to overshot; as, an undershot wheel..
Shot :: Shot (n.) Small globular masses of lead, of various sizes, -- used chiefly for killing game; as, bird shot; buckshot..
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 (a.) Woven in such a way as to produce an effect of variegation, of changeable tints, or of being figured; as, shot silks. See Shoot, v. t., 8..
Upshot :: Upshot (n.) Final issue; conclusion; the sum and substance; the end; the result; the consummation.
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