dust shot
the smallest size of shot for use in a shotgun.
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How to use dust shot in a sentence
When Timar's oar struck one of these polyp-like fungi, the venomous dust shot out like a blue flame.
Timar's Two Worlds | Mr JkaiFollowing it came a huge flare of light, a sheet of flame in which a great cloud of smoke or dust shot up.
The Rustlers of Pecos County | Zane GreyA 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.
The Mascot of Sweet Briar Gulch | Henry Wallace PhillipsBy holding branches before him, he was enabled to approach so close to them, that he shot one dead with a charge of dust shot.
Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia | Ludwig LeichhardtA thick, dirty-red cloud of dust shot upward, spread and billowed and began to settle slowly toward the ground again.
The Forgotten Planet | Murray Leinster
British Dictionary definitions for dust shot
the smallest size of shot for a shotgun
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