Sho*sho"nes (?), n. pl.; sing. Shoshone (&?;). (Ethnol.) A linguistic
family or stock of North American Indians, comprising many tribes,
which extends from Montana and Idaho into Mexico. In a restricted sense
the name is applied especially to the Snakes, the most northern of the
tribes.
Shot (?), imp. & p. p. of Shoot.
Shot, a. Woven in such a way as to produce an effect of variegation, of
changeable tints, or of being figured; as, shot silks. See Shoot, v.
t., 8.
Shot, n. [AS. scot, sceot, fr. sceótan to shoot; akin to D. sschot,
Icel. skot. √159. See Scot a share, Shoot, v. t., and cf. Shot a
shooting.] A share or proportion; a reckoning; a scot.
Here no shots are where all shares be.
Chapman.
A man is never . . . welcome to a place till some certain shot be
paid and the hostess say "Welcome."
Shak.
Shot, n.; pl. Shotor Shots (#). [OE. shot, schot, AS. gesceot a
missile; akin to D. schot a shot, shoot, G. schuss, geschoss a missile,
Icel. skot a throwing, a javelin, and E. shoot, v.t. √159. See
Shoot, and cf. Shot a share.] 1. The act of shooting; discharge of a
firearm or other weapon which throws a missile.
He caused twenty shot of his greatest cannon to be made at the
king's army.
Clarendon.
2. A missile weapon, particularly a ball or bullet; specifically,
whatever is discharged as a projectile from firearms or cannon by the
force of an explosive.
Shot used in war is of various kinds, classified according to the
material of which it is composed, into lead, wrought-iron, and
cast-iron; according to form, into spherical and oblong; according to
structure and modes of operation, into solid, hollow, and case. See Bar
shot, Chain shot, etc., under Bar, Chain, etc.
3. Small globular masses of lead, of various sizes, -- used chiefly for
killing game; as, bird shot; buckshot.
4. The flight of a missile, or the distance which it is, or can be,
thrown; as, the vessel was distant more than a cannon shot.