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The distance to which an arrow or flight may be shot; bowshot, -- about the fifth of a mile. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Within a flight-shot it inthe valley. Evelyn. Half a flight-shot from the king's oak. Sir W. Scott.

In distillation of low wines, the first portion of spirit that comes over, being a fluid abounding in fusel oil. Knight.

and a central connecting rod, in order to be used as a charge for a cannon. Formerly grapeshot were inclosed in canvas bags.

Act of firing a gun; a shot.

Small shot which scatter like hailstones. [Obs.] Hayward.

An old name for the condition of the skull, in which the bones ride, or are shot, over each other at the sutures. Dunglison.

Having the hip dislocated; hence, having one hip lower than the other. L'Estrange.

A stroke made with the cue held vertically.

Full of nooks, angles, or corners. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] That nook-shotten isle of Albion. Shak.

From Overshoot, v. t. Overshot wheel, a vertical water wheel, the circumference of which is covered with cavities or buckets, and which is turned by water which shoots over the top of it, filling the buckets on the farther side and acting chiefly by its we'ght.

pl. of Parashah.

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.

Sprained in the shoulder, as a horse. Shak.

Distance to which the sight can reach or be thrown. [R.] Cowley.

Commonly Snap shot.

In croquet, etc., a shot or stroke in which one drives in different directions one's own and the opponent's ball placed in contact.

Moved by water passing beneath; -- said of a water wheel, and opposed to overshot; as, an undershot wheel.

To remove the shot from, as from a shotted gun; to unload.

e end; the result; the consummation. I can not pursue with any safety this sport to the upshot. Shak. We account it frailty that threescore years and ten make the upshot of man's pleasurable existence. De Quincey.

The producing of an unintended effect by the glancing of an instrument, as when a shot intended for A glances and strikes B.