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Shot [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. The act of shooting; discharge of a missile weapon.

2. He caused twenty shot of his greatest cannon to be made at the king's army.

4. [ Note . The plural shots , may be used, but shot is generally used in both numbers.]

5. A missile weapon, particularly a ball or bullet. Shot is properly what is discharged from fire-arms or cannons by the force of gunpowder. shot used in war is of various kinds; as, roundshot or balls ; those for cannon make of iron, those for muskets and pistols, of lead. Secondly, double headed shot or bar shot , consisting of a bar with a round head at each end. Thirdly, chain-shot , consisting of to balls chained together. Fourthly, grape-shot , consisting of a number of balls bound together with a cord in canvas on an iron bottom. Fifthly, case shot or canister shot , consisting of a great number of small bullets in a cylindrical tin box. Sixthly, langrel or langrage , which consists of pieces of iron of any kind or shape. Small shot , denotes musket balls.

6. Small globular masses of lead, used for killing fowls and other small animals. These are not called balls or bullets.

7. The flight of a missile weapon, or the distance which it passes from the engine; as a cannon shot ; a musket shot ; a pistol shot ; a bow shot .

8. A reckoning; charge or proportional share of expense. [See Scot .]

9. Shot of a cable , in seaman's language, the splicing of two cables together; or the whole length of two cables thus united. A ship will ride easier with one shot of cable thus lengthened, than with three short cables.

Shot [Preterit tense] Webster's Dictionary 1828

and participle passive of shoot .

Shot Webster's Dictionary 1913

imp. & p. p. of Shoot.

Shot [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.

Shot [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Shot [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The act of shooting; discharge of a firearm or other weapon which throws a missile.

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.

3. Small globular masses of lead, of various sizes, -- used chiefly for killing game; as, bird shot; buckshot.

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.

5. A marksman; one who practices shooting; as, an exellent shot.

Shot [Plural] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Shot [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A share or proportion; a reckoning; a scot.

2. To load with shot, as a gun.

Shot-clog [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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 [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Not to be injured by shot; shot-proof.

2. Free from charge or expense; hence, unpunished; scot-free.

Shot-proof [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Impenetrable by shot.

Shote [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Free from charge; exempted from any share of expense; scot-free.

2. Not to be injured by shot. [ Not used .]

3. Unpunished. [ Not used .]

Shote [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. A fish resembling the trout.

2. A young hog. [See Shoot .]

Shote [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A fish resembling the trout.

2. A young hog; a shoat.

Shotgun [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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

Shots [Noun plural] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The refuse of cattle taken from a drove.

Shots [Plural] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Shotted [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Loaded with shot.

2. Having a shot attached; as, a shotten suture.

Shotted [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Shotten [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. shot'n . [from shoot .]

2. Having ejected the spawn; as a shotten herring.

3. Shooting into angles.

4. Shot out of its socket; dislocated; as a bone.

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Shotten [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Having ejected the spawn; as, a shotten herring.

2. Shot out of its socket; dislocated, as a bone.

Shotting [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. The act of discharging fire-arms, or of sending an arrow with force; a firing.

2. Sensation of a wuick glancing pain.

3. In sportsmanship , the act or practice of killing game with guns or fire-arms.

Shotting [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Genesis 40:10

And in the vine were three branches: and it was as though it budded, and her blossoms shot forth; and the clusters thereof brought forth ripe grapes:

and on the vine were three branches. As it budded, its blossoms opened and its clusters ripened into grapes.

Genesis 49:23

The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him:

The archers attacked him with bitterness; they aimed at him in hostility.

Exodus 19:13

There shall not an hand touch it, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through; whether it be beast or man, it shall not live: when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount.

No hand shall touch him, but he shall surely be stoned or shot with arrows—whether man or beast, he must not live.’ Only when the ram’s horn sounds a long blast may they approach the mountain.”

Numbers 21:30

We have shot at them; Heshbon is perished even unto Dibon, and we have laid them waste even unto Nophah, which reacheth unto Medeba.

But we have overthrown them; Heshbon is destroyed as far as Dibon. We demolished them as far as Nophah, which reaches to Medeba.”

1 Samuel 20:20

And I will shoot three arrows on the side thereof, as though I shot at a mark.

I will shoot three arrows to the side of it, as if I were aiming at a target.

1 Samuel 20:36

And he said unto his lad, Run, find out now the arrows which I shoot. And as the lad ran, he shot an arrow beyond him.

He said to the boy, “Run and find the arrows I shoot.” And as the boy ran, Jonathan shot an arrow beyond him.

1 Samuel 20:37

And when the lad was come to the place of the arrow which Jonathan had shot, Jonathan cried after the lad, and said, Is not the arrow beyond thee?

When the boy reached the place where Jonathan’s arrow had fallen, Jonathan called to him, “Isn’t the arrow beyond you?”

2 Samuel 11:24

And the shooters shot from off the wall upon thy servants; and some of the king’s servants be dead, and thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.

Then the archers shot at your servants from the wall, and some of the king’s servants were killed. And your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead as well.”

2 Samuel 22:15

And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them.

He shot His arrows and scattered the foes; He hurled lightning and routed them.

2 Kings 9:24

And Jehu drew a bow with his full strength, and smote Jehoram between his arms, and the arrow went out at his heart, and he sunk down in his chariot.

Then Jehu drew his bow and shot Joram between the shoulders. The arrow pierced his heart, and he slumped down in his chariot.

2 Kings 9:27

But when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled by the way of the garden house. And Jehu followed after him, and said, Smite him also in the chariot. And they did so at the going up to Gur, which is by Ibleam. And he fled to Megiddo, and died there.

When King Ahaziah of Judah saw this, he fled up the road toward Beth-haggan. And Jehu pursued him, shouting, “Shoot him too!” So they shot Ahaziah in his chariot on the Ascent of Gur, near Ibleam, and he fled to Megiddo and died there.

2 Kings 13:17

And he said, Open the window eastward. And he opened it. Then Elisha said, Shoot. And he shot. And he said, The arrow of the LORD’S deliverance, and the arrow of deliverance from Syria: for thou shalt smite the Syrians in Aphek, till thou have consumed them.

“Open the east window,” said Elisha. So he opened it and Elisha said, “Shoot!” So he shot. And Elisha declared: “This is the LORD’s arrow of victory, the arrow of victory over Aram, for you shall strike the Arameans in Aphek until you have put an end to them.”

2 Chronicles 35:23

And the archers shot at king Josiah; and the king said to his servants, Have me away; for I am sore wounded.

There the archers shot King Josiah, who said to his servants, “Take me away, for I am badly wounded!”

Psalms 18:14

Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them.

He shot His arrows and scattered the foes; He hurled lightning and routed them.

Jeremiah 9:8

Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his wait.

Their tongues are deadly arrows; they speak deception. With his mouth a man speaks peace to his neighbor, but in his heart he sets a trap for him.

Ezekiel 17:6

And it grew, and became a spreading vine of low stature, whose branches turned toward him, and the roots thereof were under him: so it became a vine, and brought forth branches, and shot forth sprigs.

It sprouted and became a spreading vine, low in height, with branches turned toward him; yet its roots remained where it stood. So it became a vine and yielded branches and sent out shoots.

Ezekiel 17:7

There was also another great eagle with great wings and many feathers: and, behold, this vine did bend her roots toward him, and shot forth her branches toward him, that he might water it by the furrows of her plantation.

But there was another great eagle with great wings and many feathers. And behold, this vine bent its roots toward him. It stretched out its branches to him from its planting bed, so that he might water it.

Ezekiel 31:5

Therefore his height was exalted above all the trees of the field, and his boughs were multiplied, and his branches became long because of the multitude of waters, when he shot forth.

Therefore it towered higher than all the trees of the field. Its branches multiplied, and its boughs grew long as it spread them out because of the abundant waters.

Ezekiel 31:10

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast lifted up thyself in height, and he hath shot up his top among the thick boughs, and his heart is lifted up in his height;

Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Since it became great in height and set its top among the clouds, and it grew proud on account of its height,

2 Esdras 16:7

May one turn again the arrow that is shot of a strong archer?