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Overshot :: Overshot (imp. & p. p.) of Overshoo.

Shell :: Shell (n.) The case which holds the powder, or charge of powder and shot, used with breechloading small arms..

Shot :: Shot () imp. & p. p. of Shoot.

Mitraille :: Mitraille (n.) Shot or bits of iron used sometimes in loading cannon.

Firearm :: Firearm (n.) A gun, pistol, or any weapon from a shot is discharged by the force of an explosive substance, as gunpowder..

Top-chain :: Top-chain (n.) A chain for slinging the lower yards, in time of action, to prevent their falling, if the ropes by which they are hung are shot away..

Shote :: Shote (v. t.) A fish resembling the trout.

Undershot :: Undershot (a.) Having the lower incisor teeth projecting beyond the upper ones, as in the bulldog..

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

Aspic :: Aspic (n.) A piece of ordnance carrying a 12 pound 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..

Headmold Shot :: Headmold shot () Alt. of Headmould sho.

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

Shote :: Shote (v. t.) A young hog; a shoat.

Glancing :: Glancing (a.) Flying off (after striking) in an oblique direction; as, a glancing shot..

Ball :: Ball (n.) A flaming, roundish body shot into the air; a case filled with combustibles intended to burst and give light or set fire, or to produce smoke or stench; as, a fire ball; a stink ball..

Scratch :: Scratch (a.) Made, done, or happening by chance; arranged with little or no preparation; determined by circumstances; haphazard; as, a scratch team; a scratch crew for a boat race; a scratch shot in billiards..

Midrashoth :: Midrashoth (pl. ) of Midras.

Range :: Range (v.) Sometimes, less properly, the trajectory of a shot or projectile..

Pepper :: Pepper (v. i.) To fire numerous shots (at).

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