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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Shot \Shot\, n.; pl. {Shot}or {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. [root]159. See {Shoot}, and cf. {Shot} a share.]
     1. The act of shooting; discharge of a firearm or other
        weapon which throws a missile.


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              He caused twenty shot of his greatest cannon to be
              made at the king's army.              --Clarendon.
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     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.
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     Note: 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.
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     3. Small globular masses of lead, of various sizes, -- used
        chiefly as the projectiles in shotguns for killing game;
        as, bird shot; buckshot.
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     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.
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     5. A marksman; one who practices shooting; as, an exellent
        shot.
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     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.
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     7. (Athletics) A spherical weight, to be put, or thrown, in
        competition for distance.
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     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.
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     9. A guess; conjecture; also, an attempt. [Colloq.] "I'll
        take a shot at it."
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     {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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Shots \Shots\, n. pl.
     The refuse of cattle taken from a drove. [Prov. Eng.]
     --Halliwell.
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