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Reach of the ear; distance at which words may be heard. Dryden.

Having an edge planed, -- said of a board. Knight.

A kind of posset made of eggs, brandy, sugar, and ale. Lamb.

A drawing of the body forward, in consequence of the spasmodic action of some of the muscles. Gross.

An optical toy; a card on which confused or imperfect figures are drawn, but which form to the eye regular figures when the card is rapidly revolved. See Thaumatrope.

A rock occurring in the Alps, consisting of saussurite and smaragdite; -- sometimes called gabbro.

Range, reach, or glance of the eye; view; sight; as, to be out of eyeshot. Dryden.

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.

Hastily; immediately; instantly; on the spot; hotfloot. Gower. Custance have they taken anon, foothot. Chaucer.

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

Very fiery. Shak.

The horney covering of the lower mandible of a bird.

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

A process for producing a design upon a surface in relief so that it can be printed from. Prepared chalk or oxide of zinc is pressed upon a smooth plate by a hydraulic press, and the design is drawn upon this in a peculiar ink which hardens the surface wherever it is applied. The surface is then carefully rubbed or bru…

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.

Same as Monoclinic.

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

Causing no loss of light; -- applied to reflectors which throw back the rays of light without perceptible loss.