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Definition: Bullet tree
Bullet
\Bul"let\, n. [F. boulet, dim. of boule ball. See
Bull
an edict, and cf.
Boulet.]
1. A small ball.
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2. A missile, usually of lead, and round or elongated in
form, to be discharged from a rifle, musket, pistol, or
other small firearm.
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3. A cannon ball. [Obs.]
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A ship before Greenwich . . . shot off her ordnance,
one piece being charged with a bullet of stone.
--Stow.
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4. The fetlock of a horse.
Note: [See Illust. under
Horse.]
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Bullet tree. See
Bully tree.
Bullet wood, the wood of the bullet tree.
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