Burrel shot () A mixture of shot, nails, stones, pieces of old iron, etc., fired from a cannon at short range, in an emergency. |
Case shot () A collection of small projectiles, inclosed in a case or canister. |
Flight-shot (n.) The distance to which an arrow or flight may be shot |
Grain (v. & n.) See Groan. |
Grain (n.) A single small hard seed |
Grain (n.) The fruit of certain grasses which furnish the chief food of man, as corn, wheat, rye, oats, etc., or the plants themselves |
Grain (n.) Any small, hard particle, as of sand, sugar, salt, etc. |
Grain (n.) The unit of the English system of weights |
Grain (n.) A reddish dye made from the coccus insect, or kermes |
Grain (n.) The composite particles of any substance |
Grain (n.) The direction, arrangement, or appearance of the fibers in wood, or of the strata in stone, slate, etc. |
Grain (n.) The fiber which forms the substance of wood or of any fibrous material. |
Grain (n.) The hair side of a piece of leather, or the marking on that side. |
Grain (n.) The remains of grain, etc., after brewing or distillation |
Grain (n.) A rounded prominence on the back of a sepal, as in the common dock. See Grained, a., 4. |
Grain (a.) Temper |
Grain (a.) A sort of spice, the grain of paradise. |
Grain (v. t.) To paint in imitation of the grain of wood, marble, etc. |
Grain (v. t.) To form (powder, sugar, etc.) into grains. |
Grain (v. t.) To take the hair off (skins) |
Grain (n.) To yield fruit. |
Grain (n.) To form grains, or to assume a granular ferm, as the result of crystallization |
Grain (n.) A branch of a tree |
Grain (n.) A tine, prong, or fork. |
Grain (n.) One the branches of a valley or of a river. |
Grain (n.) An iron first speak or harpoon, having four or more barbed points. |
Grain (n.) A blade of a sword, knife, etc. |
Grain (n.) A thin piece of metal, used in a mold to steady a core. |
Headmold shot () Alt. of Headmould shot |
Headmould shot () An old name for the condition of the skull, in which the bones ride, or are shot, over each other at the sutures. |
Masse shot (n.) A stroke made with the cue held vertically. |
Shot (imp. & p. p.) of Shoot |
Shot () imp. & p. p. of Shoot. |
Shot (a.) Woven in such a way as to produce an effect of variegation, of changeable tints, or of being figured |
Shot (v. t.) A share or proportion |
Shot (pl. ) of Shot |
Shot (n.) The act of shooting |
Shot (n.) A missile weapon, particularly a ball or bullet |
Shot (n.) Small globular masses of lead, of various sizes, -- used chiefly for killing game |
Shot (n.) The flight of a missile, or the distance which it is, or can be, thrown |
Shot (n.) A marksman |
Shot (v. t.) To load with shot, as a gun. |
Shot-clog (n.) A person tolerated only because he pays the shot, or reckoning, for the rest of the company, otherwise a mere clog on them. |
Shot-free (a.) Not to be injured by shot |
Shot-free (a.) Free from charge or expense |
Shot-proof (a.) Impenetrable by shot. |
Sight-shot (n.) Distance to which the sight can reach or be thrown. |
blastoff shot | the launching of a missile or spacecraft to a specified destination |
moon shot | the launching of a spacecraft to the moon |
basketball shot | throwing the basketball toward the hoop, his shot hit the rim and bounced out |
bank shot | a basketball shot that bounces off of the backboard before passing through the hoop |
dunk dunk shot stuff shot | a basketball shot in which the basketball is propelled downward into the basket |
foul shot free throw penalty free throw charity toss charity throw charity shot | an unhindered basketball shot from the foul line, given to penalize the other team for committing a foul |
hook shot hook | a basketball shot made over the head with the hand that is farther from the basket |
jumper jump shot | (basketball) a player releases the basketball at the high point of a jump |
pivot shot | a one-handed basketball shot made while whirling on the pivot foot |
set shot | a two-handed basketball shot from a stationary position |
scoop shot | a basketball shot made with an underhand scooping motion |
shooting shot | the act of firing a projectile, his shooting was slow but accurate |
masse masse shot | a shot in billiards made by hitting the cue ball with the cue held nearly vertically, the cue ball spins around another ball before hitting the object ball |
stroke shot | (sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand, it took two strokes to get out of the bunker, a good shot requires good balance and tempo, he left me an almost impossible shot |
tennis stroke tennis shot | the act of hitting a tennis ball with a tennis racket |
backhand backhand stroke backhand shot | a return made with the back of the hand facing the direction of the stroke |
chop chop shot | a tennis return made with a downward motion that puts backspin on the ball |
drop shot dink | a soft return so that the tennis ball drops abruptly after crossing the net |
forehand forehand stroke forehand shot | (sports) a return made with the palm of the hand facing the direction of the stroke (as in tennis or badminton or squash) |
passing shot | a tennis return that passes an opponent who has approached the net |
golf stroke golf shot swing | the act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it |
approach approach shot | a relatively short golf shot intended to put the ball onto the putting green, he lost the hole when his approach rolled over the green |
chip chip shot | (golf) a low running approach shot |
pitch pitch shot | a high approach shot in golf |
injection shot | the act of putting a liquid into the body by means of a syringe, the nurse gave him a flu shot |
shot stab | informal words for any attempt or effort, he gave it his best shot, he took a stab at forecasting |
shot | an attempt to score in a game |
long shot | a venture that involves great risk but promises great rewards |
shot | a blow hard enough to cause injury, he is still recovering from a shot to his leg, I caught him with a solid shot to the chin |
cheap shot | an illegal and unsportsmanlike act of unnecessary violence, he called a penalty on them when the lineman took a cheap shot at the quarterback |
grain moth | moth whose larvae feed on grain |
angoumois moth angoumois grain moth Sitotroga cerealella | small moth whose larvae feed on kernels of stored grains |
BB BB shot | a small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun |
bird shot buckshot duck shot | small lead shot for shotgun shells |
booster booster dose booster shot recall dose | an additional dose that makes sure the first dose was effective |
cannonball cannon ball round shot | a solid projectile that in former times was fired from a cannon |
case shot canister canister shot | a metallic cylinder packed with shot and used as ammunition in a firearm |
mug shot mugshot | a photograph of someone's face (especially one made for police records) |
powder and shot | ammunition consisting of gunpowder and bullets for muskets |
round unit of ammunition one shot | a charge of ammunition for a single shot |
shot pellet | a solid missile discharged from a firearm, the shot buzzed past his ear |
shot | an explosive charge used in blasting |
shot | sports equipment consisting of a heavy metal ball used in the shot put, he trained at putting the shot |
shot glass jigger pony | a small glass adequate to hold a single swallow of whiskey |
shot hole | drill hole for a charge of an explosive |
shot tower | tower of a kind once used to make shot, molten lead was poured through a sieve and dropped into water |
snapshot snap shot | an informal photograph, usually made with a small hand-held camera, my snapshots haven't been developed yet, he tried to get unposed shots of his friends |
texture grain | the physical composition of something (especially with respect to the size and shape of the small constituents of a substance), breadfruit has the same texture as bread, sand of a fine grain, fish with a delicate flavor and texture, a stone of coarse grain |
grain | the direction, texture, or pattern of fibers found in wood or leather or stone or in a woven fabric, saw the board across the grain |
wood grain woodgrain woodiness | texture produced by the fibers in wood |