Hypertext Webster Gateway: "upshot"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.

I can not pursue with any safety this sport to the
upshot. --Shak.

We account it frailty that threescore years and ten
make the upshot of man's pleasurable existence. --De
Quincey.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

upshot
n : a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous
phenomenon; "the magnetic effect was greater when the rod
was lengthwise"; "his decision had depressing
consequences for business"; "he acted very wise after the
event" [syn: {consequence}, {effect}, {outcome}, {result},
{event}, {issue}]


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