Shotgun: alternatives and connections

Having a barrel; -- used in composition; as, a double-barreled gun.

A dioptric telescope, fitted with two tubes joining, so as to enable a person to view an object with both eyes at once; a double-barre…

A short blunt arrow for killing birds without piercing them.

Aim; shot; range.

An attack upon a fortress or fortified town, with shells, hot shot, rockets, etc.; the act of throwing bombs and shot into a town or f…

A coarse leaden shot, larger than swan shot, used in hunting deer and large game.

A mixture of shot, nails, stones, pieces of old iron, etc., fired from a cannon at short range, in an emergency.

A kind of case shot for cannon, in which a number of lead or iron balls in layers are inclosed in a case fitting the gun; -- called al…

A kind of short cannon, formerly in use, designed to throw a large projectile with small velocity, used for the purpose of breaking or…

An old game; (a) The game of tipcat and the implement with which it is played. See Tipcat. (c) A game of ball, called, according to th…

To pursue for the purpose of killing or taking, as an enemy, or game; to hunt.

The killing of a person in an affray, in the heat of blood, and while under the influence of passion, thus distinguished from chance-m…

A form of seacoast cannon; a long, chambered gun designed for throwing shot or shells with heavy charges of powder, at high angles of…

Double bass; -- applied to any instrument of the same deep range as the stringed double bass; as, the contrabass ophicleide; the contr…

small long-bodied short-legged German breed of dog having a short sleek coat and long drooping ears; suited for following game into bu…

A kind of short-barreled pocket pistol, of very large caliber, often carrying a half-ounce ball.

Having two faces designed for use; as, a double-faced hammer.

a dash that is one-half the length of an em dash.; "The en dash is commonly used to indicate a closed range of values — a range with c…