Bullet
Bul·let
Bullet
n.
- A small ball.
- A missile, usually of lead, and round or elongated in form, to be discharged from a rifle, musket, pistol, or other small firearm.
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A cannon ball. [Obs.]
A ship before Greenwich . . . shot off her ordnance, one piece being charged with a bullet of stone.
- The fetlock of a horse.
Phrases & Compounds
- Bullet tree
- See Bully tree.
- Bullet wood
- the wood of the bullet tree.