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Bullet tree

Bullet \Bul"let\, n. [F. boulet, dim. of boule ball. See Bull an edict, and cf. Boulet.]

  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.