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grapeshot
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun grapeshot has 1 sense
- grapeshot(n = noun.artifact) grape - a cluster of small projectiles fired together from a cannon to produce a hail of shot; Array is a kind of pellet, shot
CIDE DICTIONARY
grapeshot, n.
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]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
grapeshot, n. hist. small balls used as charge in a cannon and scattering when fired.
DEVIL DICTIONARY
grapeshot
n. An argument which the future is preparing in answer to the demands of American Socialism.THESAURUS
grapeshot
ball, bar shot, bird shot, buckshot, bullet, cannon shot, cannonball, case shot, crossbar shot, duck shot, dumdum bullet, expanding bullet, grape, langrel shot, manstopping bullet, pellet, rifle ball, round shot, shell, shot, shrapnel, slug, split shot
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