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way as to produce an effect of variegation, of changeable tints, or of being figured; as, shot silks. See Shoot, v. t., 8.

Samples taken for assay from a molten metallic mass pouring a portion into water, to granulate it.

A person tolerated only because he pays the shot, or reckoning, for the rest of the company, otherwise a mere clog on them. [Old Slang] Thou common shot-clog, gull of all companies. Chapman.

Not to be injured by shot; shot-proof. [Obs.] Feltham.

Impenetrable by shot.

A fish resembling the trout. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Garew.

A light, smooth-bored gun, often double-barreled, especially designed for firing small shot at short range, and killing small game.

The refuse of cattle taken from a drove. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Loaded with shot.

Having ejected the spawn; as, a shotten herring. Shak.

A shot made with the object balls in an anchor space.

Bloodshot. [Obs.]

s turgid with blood, as when the conjunctiva is inflamed or irritated. His eyes were bloodshot, . . . and his hair disheveled. Dickens.

The distance traversed by an arrow shot from a bow.

A coarse leaden shot, larger than swan shot, used in hunting deer and large game.

A mixture of shot, nails, stones, pieces of old iron, etc., fired from a cannon at short range, in an emergency. [R.]

A collection of small projectiles, inclosed in a case or canister.

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

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

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