(obsolete) spermaceti

A shot fired at a moving object, such as a bird on the wing.

(military, historical) A double-headed shot, consisting of a bar, with a ball or half ball at each end; formerly used for destroying the masts or rigging in naval combat.

plural of warning shot

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: A shot fired as a warning.. / (by extension, figuratively) An action intended to act as a warning.

simple past tense and past participle of shoot the breeze

(nautical) A wooden prop covered with tarred hemp, to stop a hole made by the shot of an enemy in a ship's side.

copper granulated by pouring it into cold water.

plural of moon shot

(billiards) A shot made with the object balls in an anchor space.