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Midrashoth :: Midrashoth (pl. ) of Midras.

Dead :: Dead (a.) Sure as death; unerring; fixed; complete; as, a dead shot; a dead certainty..

Hailshot :: Hailshot (n. pl.) Small shot which scatter like hailstones.

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-proof :: Shot-proof (a.) Impenetrable by shot.

Bombard :: Bombard (v. t.) To attack with bombards or with artillery; especially, to throw shells, hot shot, etc., at or into..

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..

Conning Tower :: Conning tower (n.) The shot-proof pilot house of a war vessel.

Cannonade :: Cannonade (v. t.) To attack with heavy artillery; to batter with cannon shot.

Scratch :: Scratch (a.) Made, done, or happening by chance; arranged with little or no preparation; determined by circumstances; haphazard; as, a scratch team; a scratch crew for a boat race; a scratch shot in billiards..

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..

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..

Shotgun :: Shotgun (n.) A light, smooth-bored gun, often double-barreled, especially designed for firing small shot at short range, and killing small game..

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

Riddle :: Riddle (v. t.) To perforate so as to make like a riddle; to make many holes in; as, a house riddled with shot..

Case Shot :: Case shot () A collection of small projectiles, inclosed in a case or canister..

Ladle :: Ladle (v. t.) A ring, with a handle or handles fitted to it, for carrying shot..

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..

Seven-shooter :: Seven-shooter (n.) A firearm, esp. a pistol, with seven barrels or chambers for cartridges, or one capable of firing seven shots without reloading..

Shot-free :: Shot-free (a.) Free from charge or expense; hence, unpunished; scot-free..

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