| 单词 | goose-shot |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgoose-shot goose-shot n. a particular size of shot used for shooting wild geese. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > shooting > shooting equipment > [noun] > shot-gun or fowling-piece > shot swan-shot1639 goose-shota1658 buck-shot1776 mustard seed1809 swan-drop1821 snipe-shot1822 buck1845 swan-post1846 loopers1886 a1658 J. Cleveland Clievelandi Vindiciæ (1677) 129 So long as there is Goose-shot to be had for Money. 1698 J. Wallis in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 20 6 A Hole about the Bigness of a Goose~shot. 1761 Essex Inst. Hist. Coll. XLVIII. 96 To be sold by George Deblois..bird, pigeon, duck, and goose shot. 1789 Amer. Museum V. 580 A major..received a wound in the cheek with a goose shot. 1898 P. L. Ford Tattle-tales Cupid 51 It passeth human intelligence how Freddy could inspire any sort of feeling except an intense longing for a gun loaded with goose-shot. < as lemmas |
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