Bul·let n.
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.]
Bullet tree. See Bully tree.
Bullet wood, the wood of the bullet tree.
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