dust shot

noun

1. the smallest size of shot for use in a shotgun.

dust shot

noun

1. the smallest size of shot for a shotgun

Word History and Origins

Origin of dust shot¹

First recorded in 1790–1800

Example Sentences

When Timar's oar struck one of these polyp-like fungi, the venomous dust shot out like a blue flame.

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Following it came a huge flare of light, a sheet of flame in which a great cloud of smoke or dust shot up.

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A blast of dust shot from the tunnel-mouth, like smoke from a cannon, preceded by a shock that nearly threw the boy off his feet.

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By holding branches before him, he was enabled to approach so close to them, that he shot one dead with a charge of dust shot.

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A thick, dirty-red cloud of dust shot upward, spread and billowed and began to settle slowly toward the ground again.

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