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. |
Claude Lorraine glass
() A slightly convex mirror, commonly of black glass, used as a toy for viewing the reflected landscape. |
Egg-glass
(n.) A small sandglass, running about three minutes, for marking time in boiling eggs |
Flight-shot
(n.) The distance to which an arrow or flight may be shot |
Flint glass
() A soft, heavy, brilliant glass, consisting essentially of a silicate of lead and potassium. It is used for tableware, and for optical instruments, as prisms, its density giving a high degree of dispersive power |
Glass
(v. t.) A hard, brittle, translucent, and commonly transparent substance, white or colored, having a conchoidal fracture, and made by fusing together sand or silica with lime, potash, soda, or lead oxide. It is used for window panes and mirrors, for articles of table and culinary use, for lenses, and various articles of ornament. |
Glass
(v. t.) Any substance having a peculiar glassy appearance, and a conchoidal fracture, and usually produced by fusion. |
Glass
(v. t.) Anything made of glass. |
Glass
(v. t.) A looking-glass |
Glass
(v. t.) A vessel filled with running sand for measuring time |
Glass
(v. t.) A drinking vessel |
Glass
(v. t.) An optical glass |
Glass
(v. t.) A weatherglass |
Glass
(v. t.) To reflect, as in a mirror |
Glass
(v. t.) To case in glass. |
Glass
(v. t.) To cover or furnish with glass |
Glass
(v. t.) To smooth or polish anything, as leater, by rubbing it with a glass burnisher. |
Glass-crab
(n.) The larval state (Phyllosoma) of the genus Palinurus and allied genera. It is remarkable for its strange outlines, thinness, and transparency. See Phyllosoma. |
Glass-faced
(a.) Mirror-faced |
Glass-gazing
(a.) Given to viewing one's self in a glass or mirror |
Glass maker
(n.) Alt. of Glassmaker |
Glass-rope
(n.) A remarkable vitreous sponge, of the genus Hyalonema, first brought from Japan. It has a long stem, consisting of a bundle of long and large, glassy, siliceous fibers, twisted together. |
Glass-snail
(n.) A small, transparent, land snail, of the genus Vitrina. |
Glass-snake
(n.) A long, footless lizard (Ophiosaurus ventralis), of the Southern United States |
Glass-sponge
(n.) A siliceous sponge, of the genus Hyalonema, and allied genera |
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. |
Jigger
(n.) A species of flea (Sarcopsylla, / Pulex, penetrans), which burrows beneath the skin. See Chigoe. |
Jigger
(n. & v.) One who, or that which, jigs |
Jigger
(n. & v.) A horizontal table carrying a revolving mold, on which earthen vessels are shaped by rapid motion |
Jigger
(n. & v.) A templet or tool by which vessels are shaped on a potter's wheel. |
Jigger
(n. & v.) A light tackle, consisting of a double and single block and the fall, used for various purposes, as to increase the purchase on a topsail sheet in hauling it home |
Jigger
(n. & v.) A small fishing vessel, rigged like a yawl. |
Jigger
(n. & v.) A supplementary sail. See Dandy, n., 2 (b). |
Jigger
(n.) A pendulum rolling machine for slicking or graining leather |
Lady's looking-glass
() See Venus's looking-glass, under Venus. |
Looking-glass
(n.) A mirror made of glass on which has been placed a backing of some reflecting substance, as quicksilver. |
Masse shot
(n.) A stroke made with the cue held vertically. |
Millefiore glass
() Slender rods or tubes of colored glass fused together and embedded in clear glass |
Muscovy glass
() Mica |
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 |
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 |
glass lizard
glass snake
joint snake | snakelike lizard of Europe and Asia and North America with vestigial hind limbs and the ability to regenerate its long fragile tail |
harvest mite
chigger jigger
redbug | larval mite that sucks the blood of vertebrates including human beings causing intense irritation |
| glass sponge | a siliceous sponge (with glassy spicules) of the class Hyalospongiae |
alcohol thermometer
alcohol-in-glass thermometer | thermometer consisting of a glass capillary tube marked with degrees Celsius or Fahrenheit and containing alcohol which rises or falls as it expands or contracts with changes in temperature |
BB
BB shot | a small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun |
| beer glass | a relatively large glass for serving beer |
bell jar
bell glass | a bell-shaped glass cover used to protect and display delicate objects or to cover scientific apparatus or to contain gases |
binoculars
field glasses
opera glasses | an optical instrument designed for simultaneous use by both eyes |
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 |
| cheval glass | a full length mirror mounted in a frame in which it can be tilted |
clinical thermometer
mercury-in-glass clinical thermometer | a mercury thermometer designed to measure the temperature of the human body, graduated to cover a range a few degrees on either side of the normal body temperature |
cover glass
cover slip | a small and very thin piece of glass used to cover the specimen on a microscope slide |
crystal
watch crystal
watch glass | a protective cover that protects the face of a watch |
| cut glass | glass decorated by cutting or grinding facets |
field glass
glass spyglass | a small refracting telescope |
flute flute glass
champagne flute | a tall narrow wineglass |
glass
drinking glass | a container for holding liquids while drinking |