Hypertext Webster Gateway: "bullet"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bullet \Bul"let\, n. [F. boulet, dim. of boule ball. See {Bull}
an edict, and cf. {Boulet}.]
1. A small ball.
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. A cannon ball. [Obs.]
A ship before Greenwich . . . shot off her ordnance,
one piece being charged with a bullet of stone.
--Stow.
4. The fetlock of a horse.
Note: [See Illust. under {Horse}.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
bullet
n 1: a projectile that is fired from a gun [syn: {slug}]
2: (baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity; "he swung
late on the fastball"; "he showed batters nothing but
smoke" [syn: {fastball}, {heater}, {smoke}, {hummer}]
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