·pl of Shot.
II. Shot ·- imp. & ·p.p. of Shoot.
III. Shot ·vt To load with shot, as a gun.
IV. Shot ·add. ·noun A cast of a net.
V. Shot ·vt A share or proportion; a reckoning; a scot.
VI. Shot ·add. ·noun A place or spot for setting nets.
VII. Shot ·Impf & ·p.p. of Shoot.
VIII. Shot ·add. ·noun The entire throw of nets at one time.
IX. Shot ·add. ·noun A single draft or catch of fish made.
X. Shot ·noun A marksman; one who practices shooting; as, an exellent shot.
XI. Shot ·add. ·noun A guess; conjecture; also, an Attempt.
XII. Shot ·noun The act of shooting; discharge of a firearm or other weapon which throws a missile.
XIII. Shot ·add. ·noun A spherical weight, to be put, or thrown, in competition for distance.
XIV. Shot ·noun Small globular masses of lead, of various sizes, — used chiefly for killing game; as, bird shot; buckshot.
XV. Shot ·noun 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.
XVI. Shot ·add. ·noun A stroke or propulsive action in certain games, as in billiards, hockey, curling, ·etc.; also, a move, as in chess.
XVII. Shot ·adj Woven in such a way as to produce an effect of variegation, of changeable tints, or of being figured; as, shot silks. ·see Shoot, ·vt, 8.
XVIII. Shot ·noun 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.