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gunshot
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
gunshot \gun"shot`\, a. Made by the shot of a gun; as, a gunshot wound. [1913 Webster] .
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Gunshot \Gun"shot`\ (g[u^]n"sh[o^]t), n.
1. Act of firing a gun; a shot.
[1913 Webster]
2. The distance to which shot can be thrown from a gun, so as
to be effective; the reach or range of a gun.
[1913 Webster]
Those who are come over to the royal party are
supposed to be out of gunshot. --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]

