shot(2) (iou) and pachisi (iou)

shot(2) (iou)

shot noun1.

I.
a. An act of shooting, an instance of firing a gun, cannon, etc. OE.
Defoe Several regiments..never..fired a shot. Sir W. Scott They heard a shot.
b. The action of shooting with a bow, gun, etc.; the discharge of arrows, bullets, etc.; discharged arrows, bullets, etc., collectively. arch. LME.
R. Grafton The shot of the Englishmen was long and fierce.
c. Mining. An explosion of a blasting charge. E19.
d. A photograph; a Film sequence photographed continuously by a single camera; the action or process of photographing such a sequence. L19.
I. McEwan Shots of Henry..posing in costume.
e. An injection of a drug, vaccine, etc; a specified measure of a drug, vaccine, etc., for injection. colloq. (orig. US). E20.
Sloan Wilson Someone had given him a shot of morphine. A. Lurie Did you get your allergy shots this week?
f. The action or an act of launching a rocket. Chiefly in moon-shot, space shot, etc. M20.
a. A rapid movement or motion. Formerly also, a rush, an onset. rare. OE.
b. A sudden sharp pain; dial. a sudden attack of an illness. rare. LME.
c. A rush of water. rare. LME-L17.
d. A sheet of ice. obsolete exc. dial. rare. M17.
The range, reach, or distance to or at which a thing will carry or be effective. ME.
M. Maguire The camera pulled back as she dashed into shot.
a. A place where a fishing net is lowered. Scot. Now rare. LME.
b. The action or an act of lowering and pulling in a fishing net; a catch of fish made with a fishing net. M19.
A discharge from the body, a flux, an issue. Now chiefly Scot. LME.
A result of shooting; spec. (a) an injury caused by Magic or Witchcraft (cf. SHOOT verb 26b); (b) a gunshot wound. Only in L16.
a. An attempt to hit a target with a missile, esp. a bullet fired from a gun. M17.
Field Seeing a large buck..I..prepared to have a long shot at him. P. V. White As the..hawk flew..Turner did take a shot at it, but missed.
b. fig. A remark aimed at a person. M19.
A. Storr Brabantio's parting shot to Othello is 'Look to her, Moor.'
a. An attempt, a try. Also, a random guess. M18.
D. L. Sayers We might have a shot at looking for it. L. P. Hartley Wondering how she knew that he was married, or whether it was just a shot.
b. A thing with a chance of Success (freq. with specified odds). colloq. E20.
New Yorker Proud Birdie, a..4-1 shot in the Betting, was next to last.
c. A single occasion of doing or obtaining something; a turn, a go. colloq. (orig. US). M20.
W. Kennedy Francis turned up in Albany..to register for the Democrats at five dollars a shot.
a. Curling. A delivery of a stone at the tee; a point scored for this. L18.
b. A stroke, kick, etc., in a game using a ball or shuttlecock; (Football & Hockey etc.) an attempt to drive the ball etc. into goal. M19.
c. In a bumping-race (esp. at Oxford and Cambridge Universities), an attempt to overtake and touch the boat in front. M19.
d. A successful stroke, kick, etc., made by a player in a game using a ball or shuttlecock. Freq. as interjection in good shot! E20.
In weaving, a passage of the shuttle across the web. Also (dial.), a thread of each colour or kind of yarn. L18.
II.
a. collect. sing. & in pl. Missiles, esp. arrows, (to be) discharged from a bow, catapult, or Other weapon. Also sing. (rare), such a missile. OE-M17.
S. Butler The Law of Arms doth bar The use of venom'd shot.
b. collect. sing. Missiles, esp. balls or bullets as opp. to shells, (to be) discharged from a gun or cannon by an explosive. Formerly also (sing.), such a missile. Freq. with specifying word. LME.
grape-shot etc.
Tennyson Storm'd at with shot and shell.
c. A cannon-ball; (treated as sing. or pl.) cannon-balls. obsolete exc. Hist. E17.
d. A heavy ball resembling a cannon-ball, (to be) propelled over a long distance as an event in field athletics (freq. in putting the shot); the sporting event in which this is thrown. L19.
A bolt or bar which is pushed or slid to fasten a door etc. LME-L16.
a. A charge of powder etc. for a gun. E-M18.
b. collect. sing. & in pl. Small lead pellets used in quantity in a single charge or cartridge in a shotgun. Also sing., a small lead pellet of this kind. Freq. with specifying word. L18.
bird shot, duck-shot, etc.
Target Gun No criticism could be levelled at the shot in the cartridges.
A charge of powder for a blasting operation in a mine, esp. a coalmine; the bored hole in which such a charge is placed. M19.
III.
a. A festival, a feast to which each guest contributed a share. Also, a fixed levy or contribution from each member of a group for a specified purpose. ME-E17.
b. A sum of money owed or due, esp. at a public house or for Entertainment, a reckoning; a person's share of such a sum. Now colloq. LME.
J. R. Ackerley 'Another drink? It's my turn.' Millie always paid her shot.
c. Orig., a supply or amount of drink. Later spec. (colloq.), a drink of spirits. L17.
Logophile I..took out the bottle of Cutty Sark, and I poured myself a shot.
IV. collect. sing. & in pl. Weapons for shooting; firearms. Also sing. (rare), a weapon for shooting, a cannon, a musket. LME-E18.
collect. sing. & in pl. Soldiers armed with weapons for shooting, esp. firearms. Also sing. (rare), a soldier armed with a firearm. L16-E18.
A person who shoots, esp. in a specified manner. Freq. with specifying word. L18.
V.
A division of land. Chiefly Scot. L15.
= shot-window below. Scot. Now rare or obsolete. E16.
Hist. A corpse illegally exhumed for dissection. E19.
A compartment in the stern of a boat used in Shetland. E19.
A proposition, a suggestion. Only in that's the shot!, the shot! below. Austral. colloq. M20.
Phrases: a shot in the arm colloq. (orig. US) (a) a much-needed stimulus or encouragement; (b) an alcoholic drink. a shot in one's locker, a shot in the locker: see LOCKER noun. big shot: see BIG adjective. call one's shot (orig. US) (a) (Billiards & Snooker etc.) say which ball one intends for which pocket; (b) fig. call one's shots, predict one's course of action. call the shots colloq. (orig. US) make the decisions; be in control; take the initiative. Indian shot: see INDIAN adjective. like a shot colloq. at once, rapidly; without hesitation, willingly. long shot: see LONG adjective1. loose shot: see LOOSE adjective. make a shot (at) guess (at). mug shot: see MUG noun3. noddy-shot: see NODDY noun4. passing shot: see PASSING adjective. powder and shot: see POWDER noun1. shot across the bows: see BOW noun3 1. shot in the dark: see DARK noun1 1. small shot (a) small lead pellets (sense 13b above), as opp. to bullets; (b) musket bullets as opp. to cannon-balls; (c) soldiers armed with small arms as opp. to artillerymen. that's the shot!, the shot! Austral. colloq. (that is) a good idea. wood shot: see WOOD noun1 7c. zoom shot: see ZOOM noun 2a.
Comb.: shot alloy an alloy used for making lead shot, which consists of lead with about 0.9 per cent arsenic; shot-bag (chiefly US) a bag for carrying shot; a shot-pouch; shot-blast noun & verb (a) noun a high-speed stream of steel particles employed in shot-blasting; (b) verb trans. subject to shot-blasting; shot-blaster a person employed in shot-blasting; shot-blasting the cleaning of metal etc. by the impact of a high-speed stream of steel particles; shot-borer = PINHOLE borer; shot-bush US either of two aralias, the angelica tree, Aralia spinosa, and the wild sarsaparilla, A. nudicaulis; shot-drill Hist. a form of military punishment involving drilling while carrying a cannon-ball; shot effect a fluctuation in the magnitude of the anode current in thermionic valves etc. due to the random character of electron emission; shot-firer (a) a person who fires a blasting-charge in a mine etc.; (b) an electrical device for detonating a blasting-charge; shot-firing the action of detonating a blasting-charge; shot-free adjective (now rare) (a) safe from shot, shotproof; (b) scot-free; shot-glass N. Amer. a small glass in which a drink of spirits is served; shot gold (orig. US) gold occurring in the form of small spheres like lead shot; shot-group: see GROUP noun 1d; shot line = shot rope below; shotmaker US a person who plays (esp. successful or attacking) strokes in Golf, tennis, etc.; shotmaking US the playing of (esp. successful or attacking) strokes in Golf, tennis, etc.; shotman (rare) (a) a person who shoots with a firearm; (b) Mining a person employed to place the blasting-charge in a shot-hole; shot-mark (rare) (a) a mark to aim or shoot at; (b) a mark made by a shot; shot-metal = shot alloy above; shot noise = shot effect above; shot-peen verb trans. subject (a metal part) to shot-peening; shot-peened ppl adjective (of a metal part) that has been subjected to shot-peening; shot-peening the use of a stream of hard metal particles directed against a metal part to harden and strengthen its surface; shot-pouch a usu. leather pouch or bag, for carrying shot; shot-put the action or an act of shot-putting; this activity as a sporting event; shot-putter a person who practises shot-putting; shot-putting the action of propelling a heavy ball resembling a cannon-ball a long distance as an event in field athletics; shot rope a weighted rope hung over the side of a boat to guide the descent and ascent of a diver; shot-tower Hist. a tower in which shot was made from molten lead poured through sieves at the top and falling into water at the bottom; shot-window (now only Scot.) a vertically-hinged window, a casement; a shutter with a few panes of glass at the top.
shotty adjective (a) resembling lead shot; hard and round; (b) spec. (of gold) in the form of small roundish lumps: M19.

pachisi (iou)

pachisi noun. , Pachisi. E19.

A four-handed board game of the Indian subcontinent, played with six cowries for dice.

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