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[ Either from annoying the enemy like a burrel fly, or, less probably, fr. F. bourreler to sting, torture. ] (Gun.) A mixture of shot, nails, stones, pieces of old iron, etc., fired from a cannon at short range, in an emergency. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

(Mil.) A collection of small projectiles, inclosed in a case or canister. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In the United States a case shot is a thin spherical or oblong cast-iron shell containing musket balls and a bursting charge, with a time fuse; -- called in Europe shrapnel. In Europe the term case shot is applied to what in the United States is called canister. Wilhelm. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } (Med.) An old name for the condition of the skull, in which the bones ride, or are shot, over each other at the sutures. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ or , n. (Billiards) A stroke made with the cue held vertically. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The action or event of sending a spacecraft to the moon; -- used of manned or unmanned missions. [ PJC ]

. Lit., a shot fired simply to fill the pot; hence, a shot fired at an animal or person when at rest or within easy range, or fired simply to kill, without reference to the rules of sport; a shot needling no special skill. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. 1. Commonly . (a) A quick offhand shot, made without deliberately taking aim over the sights. (b) (Photog.) Act of taking a snapshot (in sense 2). [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. An instantaneous photograph made, usually with a hand camera, without formal posing of, and often without the foreknowledge of, the subject. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

3. a brief summary or appraisal, especially one that describes the state of a situation at one particular time; as, a snapshot of the moon project in 1966. [ PJC ]