| 单词 | swan-shot |
| 释义 | > as lemmasswan-shot swan-shot n. a large size of shot, used for shooting swans; also used in angling as a weight. 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 society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > ammunition for firearms > [noun] > bullet or shot collectively > shot > large swan-shot1639 swan-drop1821 the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > weight > [noun] plumbc1450 plummet1577 leada1609 sinker1785 swan-shot1856 sinkstone1857 net sinker1865 net-weight1865 sink1865 bullet1867 block-shot1883 shotting1979 1639 New Haven Colonial Rec. 26 4 pound of pistol shott or swan shott at least. 1675 Essex Inst. Hist. Coll. VIII. 40 One pistole..Loaded with Gunpowder and three swann Shot. 1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 273 Large Swan-Shot; as big as small Pistol Bullets. 1761 S. Niles Indian Wars ii. 343 The corporal of the troops..had five swan-shot in his body. 1821 W. Scott Pirate I. viii. 196 She will put a hundred swan-shot through a Dutchman's cap at eighty paces. 1856 ‘Stonehenge’ Man. Brit. Rural Sports 255/2 Swan-shot or lead, in some form, is required to sink the bait. 1882 M. E. Braddon Mt. Royal III. iv. 57 He is found with an empty bag, and a charge of swan-shot through his heart. 1971 Angling Times 10 June 6/2 Any float will do that a swan shot can't quite take under. < as lemmas |
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