*shot*

a. [ Blood + shot, p. p. of shoot to variegate. ] Red and inflamed; suffused with blood, or having the vessels turgid with blood, as when the conjunctiva is inflamed or irritated. [ 1913 Webster ]

His eyes were bloodshot, . . . and his hair disheveled. Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Bloodshot. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The distance traversed by an arrow shot from a bow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A coarse leaden shot, larger than swan shot, used in hunting deer and large game. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. vodka and beef bouillon or consomme. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

[ Either from annoying the enemy like a burrel fly, or, less probably, fr. F. bourreler to sting, torture. ] (Gun.) A mixture of shot, nails, stones, pieces of old iron, etc., fired from a cannon at short range, in an emergency. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

(Mil.) A collection of small projectiles, inclosed in a case or canister. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In the United States a case shot is a thin spherical or oblong cast-iron shell containing musket balls and a bursting charge, with a time fuse; -- called in Europe shrapnel. In Europe the term case shot is applied to what in the United States is called canister. Wilhelm. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Reach of the ear; distance at which words may be heard. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Carp.) Having an edge planed, -- said of a board. Knight.

n. Range, reach, or glance of the eye; view; sight; as, to be out of eyeshot. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The distance to which an arrow or flight may be shot; bowshot, -- about the fifth of a mile. [ Prov. Eng. & Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Within a flight-shot it inthe valley. Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

Half a flight-shot from the king's oak. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. In distillation of low wines, the first portion of spirit that comes over, being a fluid abounding in fusel oil. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Mil.) A cluster, usually nine in number, of small iron balls, put together by means of cast-iron circular plates at top and bottom, with two rings, and a central connecting rod, in order to be used as a charge for a cannon. Formerly grapeshot were inclosed in canvas bags. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Act of firing a gun; a shot. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The distance to which shot can be thrown from a gun, so as to be effective; the reach or range of a gun. [ 1913 Webster ]

Those who are come over to the royal party are supposed to be out of gunshot. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Made by the shot of a gun; as, a gunshot wound. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. Small shot which scatter like hailstones. [ Obs. ] Hayward. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } (Med.) An old name for the condition of the skull, in which the bones ride, or are shot, over each other at the sutures. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Hip + shot. ] Having the hip dislocated; hence, having one hip lower than the other. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a successful, self-confident person who is regarded by others as highly skilled; -- sometimes used ironically in reference to aggressive persons whose opinion of their own talents is considered exaggerated. [ PJC ]

a. 1. highly talented, self-confident and successful. [ PJC ]

2. flamboyantly displaying one's skills. [ PJC ]

{ or , n. (Billiards) A stroke made with the cue held vertically. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The action or event of sending a spacecraft to the moon; -- used of manned or unmanned missions. [ PJC ]

a. Full of nooks, angles, or corners. [ Obs. or Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

That nook-shotten isle of Albion. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. From Overshoot, v. t. [ 1913 Webster ]

Overshot wheel, a vertical water wheel, the circumference of which is covered with cavities or buckets, and which is turned by water which shoots over the top of it, filling the buckets on the farther side and acting chiefly by its weight. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Having the upper teeth projecting beyond the lower; -- said of the jaws of some dogs. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖ n.; pl. of Parashah. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

. Lit., a shot fired simply to fill the pot; hence, a shot fired at an animal or person when at rest or within easy range, or fired simply to kill, without reference to the rules of sport; a shot needling no special skill. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

imp. & p. p. of Shoot. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Woven in such a way as to produce an effect of variegation, of changeable tints, or of being figured; as, shot silks. See Shoot, v. t., 8. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. scot, sceot, fr. sceótan to shoot; akin to D. sschot, Icel. skot. √159. See Scot a share, Shoot, v. t., and cf. Shot a shooting. ] A share or proportion; a reckoning; a scot. [ 1913 Webster ]

Here no shots are where all shares be. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

A man is never . . . welcome to a place till some certain shot be paid and the hostess say “Welcome.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Shotor Shots [ OE. shot, schot, AS. gesceot a missile; akin to D. schot a shot, shoot, G. schuss, geschoss a missile, Icel. skot a throwing, a javelin, and E. shoot, v.t. √159. See Shoot, and cf. Shot a share. ] 1. The act of shooting; discharge of a firearm or other weapon which throws a missile. [ 1913 Webster ]

He caused twenty shot of his greatest cannon to be made at the king's army. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A missile weapon, particularly a ball or bullet; specifically, whatever is discharged as a projectile from firearms or cannon by the force of an explosive. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Shot used in war is of various kinds, classified according to the material of which it is composed, into lead, wrought-iron, and cast-iron; according to form, into spherical and oblong; according to structure and modes of operation, into solid, hollow, and case. See Bar shot, Chain shot, etc., under Bar, Chain, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Small globular masses of lead, of various sizes, -- used chiefly as the projectiles in shotguns for killing game; as, bird shot; buckshot. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The flight of a missile, or the distance which it is, or can be, thrown; as, the vessel was distant more than a cannon shot. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. A marksman; one who practices shooting; as, an exellent shot. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Fisheries) (a) A cast of a net. (b) The entire throw of nets at one time. (c) A place or spot for setting nets. (d) A single draft or catch of fish made. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

7. (Athletics) A spherical weight, to be put, or thrown, in competition for distance. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

8. A stroke, throw, or other action to propel a ball or other game piece in certain games, as in billiards, hockey, basketball, curling, etc.; also, a move, as in chess. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

9. A guess; conjecture; also, an attempt. [ Colloq. ] “I'll take a shot at it.” [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

Shot belt, a belt having a pouch or compartment for carrying shot. --
Shot cartridge, a cartridge containing powder and small shot, forming a charge for a shotgun. --
Shot garland (Naut.), a wooden frame to contain shot, secured to the coamings and ledges round the hatchways of a ship. --
Shot gauge, an instrument for measuring the diameter of round shot. Totten. --
shot hole, a hole made by a shot or bullet discharged. --
Shot locker (Naut.), a strongly framed compartment in the hold of a vessel, for containing shot. --
Shot of a cable (Naut.), the splicing of two or more cables together, or the whole length of the cables thus united. --
Shot prop (Naut.), a wooden prop covered with tarred hemp, to stop a hole made by the shot of an enemy in a ship's side. --
Shot tower, a lofty tower for making shot, by dropping from its summit melted lead in slender streams. The lead forms spherical drops which cool in the descent, and are received in water or other liquid. --
Shot window, a window projecting from the wall. Ritson, quoted by Halliwell, explains it as a window that opens and shuts; and Wodrow describes it as a window of shutters made of timber and a few inches of glass above them. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Shotted; p. pr. & vb. n. Shotting. ] To load with shot, as a gun. Totten. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A person tolerated only because he pays the shot, or reckoning, for the rest of the company, otherwise a mere clog on them. [ Old Slang ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Thou common shot-clog, gull of all companies. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. sceóta a darting fish, a trout, fr. sceótan. See Shoot, v. t. ] 1. (Zool.) A fish resembling the trout. [ Obs. or Prov. Eng. ] Garew. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. [ Perh. a different word. ] A young hog; a shoat. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not to be injured by shot; shot-proof. [ Obs. ] Feltham. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Free from charge or expense; hence, unpunished; scot-free. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A light, smooth-bored gun, often double-barreled, especially designed for firing small shot at short range, and killing small game. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Impenetrable by shot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. The refuse of cattle taken from a drove. [ Prov. Eng. ] Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Metal.) Samples taken for assay from a molten metallic mass pouring a portion into water, to granulate it. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. 1. Loaded with shot. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) Having a shot attached; as, a shotten suture. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Properly p. p. of shoot; AS. scoten, sceoten, p. p. of sceótan. ] 1. Having ejected the spawn; as, a shotten herring. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Shot out of its socket; dislocated, as a bone. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Sprained in the shoulder, as a horse. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Distance to which the sight can reach or be thrown. [ R. ] Cowley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Commonly . (a) A quick offhand shot, made without deliberately taking aim over the sights. (b) (Photog.) Act of taking a snapshot (in sense 2). [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. An instantaneous photograph made, usually with a hand camera, without formal posing of, and often without the foreknowledge of, the subject. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

3. a brief summary or appraisal, especially one that describes the state of a situation at one particular time; as, a snapshot of the moon project in 1966. [ PJC ]

{ or }. In croquet, etc., a shot or stroke in which one drives in different directions one's own and the opponent's ball placed in contact. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. 1. (Zool.) Having the lower incisor teeth projecting beyond the upper ones, as in the bulldog. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Moved by water passing beneath; -- said of a water wheel, and opposed to overshot; as, an undershot wheel. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + shot. ] To remove the shot from, as from a shotted gun; to unload. [ 1913 Webster ]