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upshot
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Upshot \Up"shot`\, n. [Up + shot, equivalent to scot share,
reckoning. Cf. the phrase to cast up an account.]
Final issue; conclusion; the sum and substance; the end; the
result; the consummation.
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I can not pursue with any safety this sport to the
upshot. --Shak.
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We account it frailty that threescore years and ten
make the upshot of man's pleasurable existence. --De
Quincey.
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