† hail-shotn.

Etymology: < hail n.¹ + shot n.¹

Obsolete.

1. Small shot which scatters like hail when fired: used in distinction from a ball or bullet.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > ammunition for firearms > [noun] > bullet or shot collectively > shot > small

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1485 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 69 Hayle shotte xl.

1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde i. v. f. 114^v Owre men were enforced to shute of their byggest pieces of ordinaunce with hayleshotte.

1686 London Gaz. No. 2120/8 The discharge of a Pistol loaden with Hail-shot.

1708 P. A. Motteux Wks. F. Rabelais (1737) iv. lxii. 253 Little Pellets like Hail-shot.

1830 W. Scott Doom of Devorgoil ii. i. 82 Every hint Is lost on him, as hail-shot on the cormorant.

figurative.a1656 J. Hales Golden Remains (1659) i. 162 He shoots his Hail-shot; with his Hail-stones from Heaven.1680 H. More Apocalypsis Apocalypseos 318 All this hailshot flyes quite over my head.

2. The discharge of such shot. Also figurative.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > [noun] > a shot > type of shot

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1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 1364 There came such thicke Hayleshot of Artillery out of the towne.

1696 T. Tryon Misc. i. 21 To do them good, I shall venter the Hail-shot of their Tongues.

3. attributive, as hail-shot drop.

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1598 J. Marston Certaine Satyres in Metamorph. Pigmalions Image 59 And weepe for anger that the earth was dry..that all the haile-shot drops Could neuer peirce the christiall water tops.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	hail-shot
释义	† hail-shotn. Etymology: < hail n.¹ + shot n.¹ Obsolete. 1. Small shot which scatters like hail when fired: used in distinction from a ball or bullet. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > ammunition for firearms > [noun] > bullet or shot collectively > shot > small pellet1372 die?c1390 hail-shot1485 die-shot1581 dice-shot1588 birdshot1626 key-shot1648 mould shot1675 cartridge-shot1690 small shot1727 drop1753 shot-cornc1792 dust-shot1800 sparrow-hail1859 steel1898 scattershot1961 1485 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 69 Hayle shotte xl. 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde i. v. f. 114^v Owre men were enforced to shute of their byggest pieces of ordinaunce with hayleshotte. 1686 London Gaz. No. 2120/8 The discharge of a Pistol loaden with Hail-shot. 1708 P. A. Motteux Wks. F. Rabelais (1737) iv. lxii. 253 Little Pellets like Hail-shot. 1830 W. Scott Doom of Devorgoil ii. i. 82 Every hint Is lost on him, as hail-shot on the cormorant. figurative.a1656 J. Hales Golden Remains (1659) i. 162 He shoots his Hail-shot; with his Hail-stones from Heaven.1680 H. More Apocalypsis Apocalypseos 318 All this hailshot flyes quite over my head. 2. The discharge of such shot. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > [noun] > a shot > type of shot hail-shot1569 random shot1598 long shot1767 snapshot1808 point-blanker1824 pot-shot1843 snap1851 hip shot1874 pop shot1880 sighter1897 pot1914 over1915 short1922 snipe1969 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 1364 There came such thicke Hayleshot of Artillery out of the towne. 1696 T. Tryon Misc. i. 21 To do them good, I shall venter the Hail-shot of their Tongues. 3. attributive, as hail-shot drop. ΚΠ 1598 J. Marston Certaine Satyres in Metamorph. Pigmalions Image 59 And weepe for anger that the earth was dry..that all the haile-shot drops Could neuer peirce the christiall water tops. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1485
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