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Entry 4 senses Webster, 1913

Bullet

/bo͝ol'-ət/ · Bul·let · IPA /ˈbʊl.ɪt/
01 n. A small ball.
  1. 1.
    A small ball.
  2. 2.
    A missile, usually of lead, and round or elongated in form, to be discharged from a rifle, musket, pistol, or other small firearm.
  3. 3.
    A cannon ball.[Obs.]
    “A ship before Greenwich . . . shot off her ordnance, one piece being charged with a bullet of stone.” — Stow.
  4. 4.
    The fetlock of a horse.
Phrases & compounds
Bullet tree — See Bully tree.
Bullet wood — the wood of the bullet tree.