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Wad :: Wad (n.) Specifically: A little mass of some soft or flexible material, such as hay, straw, tow, paper, or old rope yarn, used for retaining a charge of powder in a gun, or for keeping the powder and shot close; also, to diminish or avoid the effects of windage. Also, by extension, a dusk of felt, pasteboard, etc., serving a similar purpose..

Upshot :: Upshot (n.) Final issue; conclusion; the sum and substance; the end; the result; the consummation.

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..

White :: White (n.) Specifically, the central part of the butt in archery, which was formerly painted white; the center of a mark at which a missile is shot..

Calipers :: Calipers (n. pl.) An instrument, usually resembling a pair of dividers or compasses with curved legs, for measuring the diameter or thickness of bodies, as of work shaped in a lathe or planer, timber, masts, shot, etc.; or the bore of firearms, tubes, etc.; -- called also caliper compasses, or caliber compasses..

Shot :: Shot (pl. ) of Sho.

Windage :: Windage (n.) The difference between the diameter of the bore of a gun and that of the shot fired from it.

Scot :: Scot (n.) A portion of money assessed or paid; a tax or contribution; a mulct; a fine; a shot.

Eyereach :: Eyereach (n.) The range or reach of the eye; eyeshot.

Outer :: Outer (n.) A shot which strikes the outer of a target.

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

Shots :: Shots (pl. ) of Sho.

Midrashoth :: Midrashoth (pl. ) of Midras.

Bombardment :: Bombardment (n.) An attack upon a fortress or fortified town, with shells, hot shot, rockets, etc.; the act of throwing bombs and shot into a town or fortified place..

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

Pouch :: Pouch (n.) A small bag; usually, a leathern bag; as, a pouch for money; a shot pouch; a mail pouch, etc..

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

Unshot :: Unshot (v. t.) To remove the shot from, as from a shotted gun; to unload..

Shoulder-shotten :: Shoulder-shotten (a.) Sprained in the shoulder, as a horse..

Canister :: Canister (n.) A kind of case shot for cannon, in which a number of lead or iron balls in layers are inclosed in a case fitting the gun; -- called also canister shot..

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