GUN'SHOT, noun The distance of the point blank range of a cannon-shot. GUN'SHOT, adjective Made by the shot of a gun; as a gunshot wound.
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Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary
GUN'SHOT, noun The distance of the point blank range of a cannon-shot. GUN'SHOT, adjective Made by the shot of a gun; as a gunshot wound.
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