Definition of shot

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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..

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Shotted :: Shotted (a.) Having a shot attached; as, a shotten suture..
Shotting :: Shotting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sho.
Eyeshot :: Eyeshot (n.) Range, reach, or glance of the eye; view; sight; as, to be out of eyeshot..
Ammunition :: Ammunition (n.) Articles used in charging firearms and ordnance of all kinds; as powder, balls, shot, shells, percussion caps, rockets, etc..
Grapeshot :: Grapeshot (n.) A cluster, usually nine in number, of small iron balls, put together by means of cast-iron circular plates at top and bottom, with two rings, and a central connecting rod, in order to be used as a charge for a cannon. Formerly grapeshot were inclosed in canvas bags..
Bloodshot :: Bloodshot (a.) Red and inflamed; suffused with blood, or having the vessels turgid with blood, as when the conjunctiva is inflamed or irritated..
Shot :: Shot (imp. & p. p.) of Shoo.
Shot :: Shot (pl. ) of Sho.
Pierce :: Pierce (v. t.) To penetrate; to enter; to force a way into or through; to pass into or through; as, to pierce the enemy's line; a shot pierced the ship..
Shot-clog :: Shot-clog (n.) A person tolerated only because he pays the shot, or reckoning, for the rest of the company, otherwise a mere clog on them..
Shoot :: Shoot (v. i.) To strike with anything shot; to hit with a missile; often, to kill or wound with a firearm; -- followed by a word denoting the person or thing hit, as an object..
Shote :: Shote (v. t.) A fish resembling the trout.
Midrashoth :: Midrashoth (pl. ) of Midras.
Glancing :: Glancing (a.) Flying off (after striking) in an oblique direction; as, a glancing shot..
Rasante :: Rasante (a.) Sweeping; grazing; -- applied to a style of fortification in which the command of the works over each other, and over the country, is kept very low, in order that the shot may more effectually sweep or graze the ground before them..
Windage :: Windage (n.) The difference between the diameter of the bore of a gun and that of the shot fired from it.
Shot :: 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..
Putting :: Putting (n.) The throwing of a heavy stone, shot, etc., with the hand raised or extended from the shoulder; -- originally, a Scottish game..
Canister :: Canister (n.) A kind of case shot for cannon, in which a number of lead or iron balls in layers are inclosed in a case fitting the gun; -- called also canister shot..
Ladle :: Ladle (v. t.) A ring, with a handle or handles fitted to it, for carrying shot..
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