From expend: said of a mast broken by accident, in contradistinction to one shot away.
·Impf & ·p.p. of <<Spend>>. II. Spent ·adj Exhausted; worn out; having lost energy or motive force....
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A shot that has lost its penetrative velocity, yet capable of inflicting grave injury as long as it ...
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