Shot

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·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.

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