Definition of shot

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Shot (n.) Small globular masses of lead, of various sizes, -- used chiefly for killing game; as, bird shot; buckshot..

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Hearing :: Hearing (n.) Extent within which sound may be heard; sound; earshot.
Foreshot :: Foreshot (n.) In distillation of low wines, the first portion of spirit that comes over, being a fluid abounding in fusel oil..
Blank :: Blank (n.) Aim; shot; range.
Artillery :: Artillery (n.) Cannon; great guns; ordnance, including guns, mortars, howitzers, etc., with their equipment of carriages, balls, bombs, and shot of all kinds..
Outcome :: Outcome (n.) That which comes out of, or follows from, something else; issue; result; consequence; upshot..
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..
Shoulder-shotten :: Shoulder-shotten (a.) Sprained in the shoulder, as a horse..
Conning Tower :: Conning tower (n.) The shot-proof pilot house of a war vessel.
Gall :: Gall (v. t.) To injure; to harass; to annoy; as, the troops were galled by the shot of the enemy..
Deflection :: Deflection (n.) The deviation of a shot or ball from its true course.
Gunshot :: Gunshot (a.) Made by the shot of a gun: as. a gunshot wound.
Perrier :: Perrier (n.) A short mortar used formerly for throwing stone shot.
Bloodshot :: Bloodshot (a.) Red and inflamed; suffused with blood, or having the vessels turgid with blood, as when the conjunctiva is inflamed or irritated..
Pouch :: Pouch (n.) A small bag; usually, a leathern bag; as, a pouch for money; a shot pouch; a mail pouch, etc..
Buckshot :: Buckshot (n.) A coarse leaden shot, larger than swan shot, used in hunting deer and large game..
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..
Shotting :: Shotting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sho.
Shot :: Shot (v. t.) To load with shot, as a gun..
Cartouch :: Cartouch (n.) A wooden case filled with balls, to be shot from a cannon..
Pile :: Pile (n.) A mass formed in layers; as, a pile of shot..
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