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Webster 1913 Edition

Bullet

Bul′let

,
Noun.
[F.
boulet
, dim. of
boule
ball. See
Bull
an edict, and cf.
Boulet
.]
1.
A small ball.
2.
A missile, usually of lead, and round or elongated in form, to be discharged from a rifle, musket, pistol, or other small firearm.
3.
A cannon ball.
[Obs.]
A ship before Greenwich . . . shot off her ordnance, one piece being charged with a
bullet
of stone.
Stow.
4.
The fetlock of a horse.
[See Illust. under
Horse
.]
Bullet tree
.
See
Bully tree
.
–
Bullet wood
,
the wood of the bullet tree.

Webster 1828 Edition

Bullet

BULL'ET

,
Noun.
A ball of iron or lead, called also shot, used to load guns for killing man or beast. Balls for cannon are made of iron; musket-balls are made of lead.

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