[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

shot \shot\, n.; pl. shotor shots. oe. shot, schot, as.
   gesceot a missile; akin to d. schot a shot, shoot, g. schuss,
   geschoss a missile, icel. skot a throwing, a javelin, and e.
   shoot, v.t. root159. see shoot, and cf. shot a share.
   1. the act of shooting; discharge of a firearm or other
      weapon which throws a missile.
      1913 webster

            he caused twenty shot of his greatest cannon to be
            made at the king's army.              --clarendon.
      1913 webster

   2. a missile weapon, particularly a ball or bullet;
      specifically, whatever is discharged as a projectile from
      firearms or cannon by the force of an explosive.
      1913 webster

   note: shot used in war is of various kinds, classified
         according to the material of which it is composed, into
         lead, wrought-iron, and cast-iron; according to form,
         into spherical and oblong; according to structure and
         modes of operation, into solid, hollow, and case. see
         bar shot, chain shot, etc., under bar, chain,
         etc.
         1913 webster

   3. small globular masses of lead, of various sizes, -- used
      chiefly as the projectiles in shotguns for killing game;
      as, bird shot; buckshot.
      1913 webster

   4. the flight of a missile, or the distance which it is, or
      can be, thrown; as, the vessel was distant more than a
      cannon shot.
      1913 webster

   5. a marksman; one who practices shooting; as, an exellent
      shot.
      1913 webster

   6. fisheries
      a a cast of a net.
      b the entire throw of nets at one time.
      c a place or spot for setting nets.
      d a single draft or catch of fish made.
          webster 1913 suppl.

   7. athletics a spherical weight, to be put, or thrown, in
      competition for distance.
      webster 1913 suppl.

   8. a stroke, throw, or other action to propel a ball or other
      game piece in certain games, as in billiards, hockey,
      basketball, curling, etc.; also, a move, as in chess.
      webster 1913 suppl.

   9. a guess; conjecture; also, an attempt. colloq. "i'll
      take a shot at it."
      webster 1913 suppl. +pjc

   shot belt, a belt having a pouch or compartment for
      carrying shot.

   shot cartridge, a cartridge containing powder and small
      shot, forming a charge for a shotgun.

   shot garland naut., a wooden frame to contain shot,
      secured to the coamings and ledges round the hatchways of
      a ship.

   shot gauge, an instrument for measuring the diameter of
      round shot. --totten.

   shot hole, a hole made by a shot or bullet discharged.

   shot locker naut., a strongly framed compartment in the
      hold of a vessel, for containing shot.

   shot of a cable naut., the splicing of two or more cables
      together, or the whole length of the cables thus united.
      

   shot prop naut., a wooden prop covered with tarred hemp,
      to stop a hole made by the shot of an enemy in a ship's
      side.

   shot tower, a lofty tower for making shot, by dropping from
      its summit melted lead in slender streams. the lead forms
      spherical drops which cool in the descent, and are
      received in water or other liquid.

   shot window, a window projecting from the wall. ritson,
      quoted by halliwell, explains it as a window that opens
      and shuts; and wodrow describes it as a window of shutters
      made of timber and a few inches of glass above them.
      1913 webster
see also:
shot shots shoot bar shot chain shot bar 
chain shot belt shot cartridge shot garland shot gauge 
shot hole shot locker shot of a cable shot prop shot tower 
shot window 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

tower \tow"er\, n. oe. tour,tor,tur, f. tour, l. turris; akin
   to gr. ?; cf. w. twr a tower, ir. tor a castle, gael. torr a
   tower, castle. cf. tor, turret.
   1. arch.
      a a mass of building standing alone and insulated,
          usually higher than its diameter, but when of great
          size not always of that proportion.
      b a projection from a line of wall, as a fortification,
          for purposes of defense, as a flanker, either or the
          same height as the curtain wall or higher.
      c a structure appended to a larger edifice for a special
          purpose, as for a belfry, and then usually high in
          proportion to its width and to the height of the rest
          of the edifice; as, a church tower.
          1913 webster

   2. a citadel; a fortress; hence, a defense.
      1913 webster

            thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower
            from the enemy.                       --ps. lxi. 3.
      1913 webster

   3. a headdress of a high or towerlike form, fashionable about
      the end of the seventeenth century and until 1715; also,
      any high headdress.
      1913 webster

            lay trains of amorous intrigues
            in towers, and curls, and periwigs.   --hudibras.
      1913 webster

   4. high flight; elevation. obs. --johnson.
      1913 webster

   gay lussac's tower chem., a large tower or chamber used
      in the sulphuric acid process, to absorb by means of
      concentrated acid the spent nitrous fumes that they may
      be returned to the glover's tower to be reemployed. see
      sulphuric acid, under sulphuric, and glover's tower,
      below.

   glover's tower chem., a large tower or chamber used in
      the manufacture of sulphuric acid, to condense the crude
      acid and to deliver concentrated acid charged with nitrous
      fumes. these fumes, as a catalytic, effect the conversion
      of sulphurous to sulphuric acid. see sulphuric acid,
      under sulphuric, and gay lussac's tower, above.

   round tower. see under round, a.

   shot tower. see under shot.

   tower bastion fort., a bastion of masonry, often with
      chambers beneath, built at an angle of the interior
      polygon of some works.

   tower mustard bot., the cruciferous plant arabis
      perfoliata.

   tower of london, a collection of buildings in the eastern
      part of london, formerly containing a state prison, and
      now used as an arsenal and repository of various objects
      of public interest.
      1913 webster
see also:
tor turret gay lussac's tower sulphuric acid sulphuric glover's tower 
round tower round shot tower shot tower bastion 
tower mustard arabis perfoliata tower of london 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

shot tower
     n : tower of a kind once used to make shot; molten lead was
         poured through a sieve and dropped into water

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