| 单词 | small shot |
| 释义 | > as lemmassmall shot small shot n. troops furnished with small arms as distinguished from artillerymen. Obsolete.extracted from shotn.1small shot d. small shot: †(a) musket bullets, in distinction from cannon-balls (obsolete); (b) small pellets of lead (= sense 15), as distinguished from bullets. †great shot: cannon-balls; also occasionally bullets as distinguished from ‘small shot’ (b). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > ammunition for firearms > [noun] > bullet or shell > bullet > collectively musket shot?1586 great shot1593 lead1809 society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > ammunition for firearms > [noun] > bullet or shot collectively > shot > small pellet1372 die?c1390 hail-shot1485 die-shot1581 dice-shot1588 birdshot1626 key-shot1648 mould shot1675 cartridge-shot1690 small shot1727 drop1753 shot-cornc1792 dust-shot1800 sparrow-hail1859 steel1898 scattershot1961 1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation 12 This Termagant..fighteth not with..the small shott of contention, but with the maine ordinaunce of fury. 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. ii. 61 A long and doubtfull fight, both with great and small shot. 1699 A. Boyer Royal Dict. (at cited word) Small shot, used to shoot with a Birding-piece. 1727 A. Hamilton New Acct. E. Indies II. xli. 106 We gave them a Volley of great Shot in return of their Volley of small. 1803 W. Scott Let. 27 Aug. (1932) I. 197 A volley of small shot fired through the window. < as lemmas |
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