The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bullet tree
Bullet \Bul"let\, n. [F. boulet, dim. of boule ball. See Bull an edict, and cf. Boulet.]
A small ball.
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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A cannon ball. [Obs.]
A ship before Greenwich . . . shot off her ordnance, one piece being charged with a bullet of stone.
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The fetlock of a horse.
Note: [See Illust. under Horse.]
Bullet tree. See Bully tree.
Bullet wood, the wood of the bullet tree.