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Pile :: Pile (n.) A mass formed in layers; as, a pile of shot..

Breastwheel :: Breastwheel (n.) A water wheel, on which the stream of water strikes neither so high as in the overshot wheel, nor so low as in the undershot, but generally at about half the height of the wheel, being kept in contact with it by the breasting. The water acts on the float boards partly by impulse, partly by its weight..

Artillery :: Artillery (n.) Cannon; great guns; ordnance, including guns, mortars, howitzers, etc., with their equipment of carriages, balls, bombs, and shot of all kinds..

Shots :: Shots (n. pl.) The refuse of cattle taken from a drove.

Shotted :: Shotted (imp. & p. p.) of Sho.

Range :: Range (v.) The horizontal distance to which a shot or other projectile is carried.

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

Shot :: Shot (v. t.) To load with shot, as a gun..

Shot-free :: Shot-free (a.) Not to be injured by shot; shot-proof.

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..

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..

Riddle :: Riddle (v. t.) To perforate so as to make like a riddle; to make many holes in; as, a house riddled with shot..

Bolt :: Bolt (n.) A sliding catch, or fastening, as for a door or gate; the portion of a lock which is shot or withdrawn by the action of the key..

Shoot :: Shoot (v. i.) To be shot or propelled forcibly; -- said of a missile; to be emitted or driven; to move or extend swiftly, as if propelled; as, a shooting star..

Bombproof :: Bombproof (n.) A structure which heavy shot and shell will not penetrate.

Tell :: Tell (v. i.) To take effect; to produce a marked effect; as, every shot tells; every expression tells..

Shot :: Shot (n.) The act of shooting; discharge of a firearm or other weapon which throws a missile.

Cannonade :: Cannonade (v. t.) To attack with heavy artillery; to batter with cannon shot.

Bloodshot :: Bloodshot (a.) Red and inflamed; suffused with blood, or having the vessels turgid with blood, as when the conjunctiva is inflamed or irritated..

Mill :: Mill (n.) A passage underground through which ore is shot.

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