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Cupola :: Cupola (n.) A revolving shot-proof turret for heavy ordnance.

Scratch :: Scratch (n.) A shot which scores by chance and not as intended by the player; a fluke.

Pistolade :: Pistolade (n.) A pistol shot.

Shot :: Shot (n.) A marksman; one who practices shooting; as, an exellent shot..

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..

Edgeshot :: Edgeshot (a.) Having an edge planed, -- said of a board..

Burrel Shot :: Burrel shot () A mixture of shot, nails, stones, pieces of old iron, etc., fired from a cannon at short range, in an emergency..

Mitraille :: Mitraille (n.) Shot or bits of iron used sometimes in loading cannon.

Water Wheel :: Water wheel () Any wheel for propelling machinery or for other purposes, that is made to rotate by the direct action of water; -- called an overshot wheel when the water is applied at the top, an undershot wheel when at the bottom, a breast wheel when at an intermediate point; other forms are called reaction wheel, vortex wheel, turbine wheel, etc..

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..

Nab :: Nab (n.) The keeper, or box into which the lock is shot..

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..

Bracket :: Bracket (n.) A shot, crooked timber, resembling a knee, used as a support..

Key :: Key (n.) An instrument by means of which the bolt of a lock is shot or drawn; usually, a removable metal instrument fitted to the mechanism of a particular lock and operated by turning in its place..

Shotted :: Shotted (a.) Loaded with 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..

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..

Outcome :: Outcome (n.) That which comes out of, or follows from, something else; issue; result; consequence; upshot..

Firearm :: Firearm (n.) A gun, pistol, or any weapon from a shot is discharged by the force of an explosive substance, as gunpowder..

Issue :: Issue (n.) The final outcome or result; upshot; conclusion; event; hence, contest; test; trial..

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