5. A marksman; one who practices shooting; as, an exellent shot. Shot belt, a belt having a pouch or compartment for carrying shot. — Shot cartridge, a cartridge containing powder and small shot, forming a charge for a shotgun. — Shot garland (Naut.), a wooden frame to contain shot, secured to the coamings and ledges round the hatchways of a ship. — Shot gauge, an instrument for measuring the diameter of round shot. Totten. — shot hole, a hole made by a shot or bullet discharged. — Shot locker (Naut.), a strongly framed compartment in the hold of a vessel, for containing shot. — Shot of a cable (Naut.), the splicing of two or more cables together, or the whole length of the cables thus united. — Shot prop (Naut.), a wooden prop covered with tarred hemp, to stop a hole made by the shot of an enemy in a ship's side. — Shot tower, a lofty tower for making shot, by dropping from its summit melted lead in slender streams. The lead forms spherical drops which cool in the descent, and are received in water or other liquid. — Shot window, a window projecting from the wall. Ritson, quoted by Halliwell, explains it as a window that opens and shuts; and Wodrow describes it as a window of shutters made of timber and a few inches of glass above them.
SHOT
Shot, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shotted; p. pr. & vb. n. Shotting.]
Defn: To load with shot, as a gun. Totten.
SHOT-CLOG
Shot"-clog`, n.
Defn: 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.
SHOTE
Shote, n. Etym: [AS. sceóta a darting fish, a trout, fr. sceótan. See
Shoot, v. t.]
1. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A fish resembling the trout. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Garew.
2. Etym: [Perh. a different word.]
Defn: A young hog; a shoat.