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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Eyeshot :: Eyeshot (n.) Range, reach, or glance of the eye; view; sight; as, to be out of eyeshot..
Nab :: Nab (n.) The keeper, or box into which the lock is shot..
Shotten :: Shotten (n.) Having ejected the spawn; as, a shotten herring..
But :: But (v. t.) A mark to be shot at; a target.
Bombproof :: Bombproof (n.) A structure which heavy shot and shell will not penetrate.
Gall :: Gall (v. t.) To injure; to harass; to annoy; as, the troops were galled by the shot of the enemy..
Hailshot :: Hailshot (n. pl.) Small shot which scatter like hailstones.
Mow :: Mow (v. t.) To cut down; to cause to fall in rows or masses, as in mowing grass; -- with down; as, a discharge of grapeshot mows down whole ranks of men..
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..
Edgeshot :: Edgeshot (a.) Having an edge planed, -- said of a board..
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..
Parting :: Parting (v.) Given when departing; as, a parting shot; a parting salute..
Earshot :: Earshot (n.) Reach of the ear; distance at which words may be heard.
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..
Top-chain :: Top-chain (n.) A chain for slinging the lower yards, in time of action, to prevent their falling, if the ropes by which they are hung are shot away..
Pool :: Pool (n.) In rifle shooting, a contest in which each competitor pays a certain sum for every shot he makes, the net proceeds being divided among the winners..
Aspic :: Aspic (n.) A piece of ordnance carrying a 12 pound shot.
Range :: Range (v.) The horizontal distance to which a shot or other projectile is carried.
Shot :: Shot (v. t.) A share or proportion; a reckoning; a scot.
Shot :: Shot (n.) A marksman; one who practices shooting; as, an exellent shot..
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