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bullet [′bu̇l·ət]
(engineering)
A conical-nosed cylindrical weight, attached to a wire rope or line, either notched or seated to engage and attach itself to the upper end of a wire line core barrel or other retrievable or retractable device that has been placed in a borehole. Also known as bug; go-devil; overshot.
A scraper with self-adjusting spring blades, inserted in a pipeline and carried forward by the fluid pressure, clearing away accumulations or debris from the walls of a pipe. Also known as go-devil.
A bullet-shaped weight or small explosive charge dropped to explode a charge of nitroglycerin placed in a borehole. Also known as go-devil.
An electric lamp covered by a conical metal case, usually at the end of a flexible metal shaft.
(graphic arts)
A hollow hemispherical shell, made of iron and filled with pitch, which holds small objects during the execution of artistic designs in metal.
(graphic arts)
A circle or other graphic character, about the height of a lowercase letter, used to set off items in a list.
(materials)
A small, lustrous, nearly spherical industrial diamond.
(ordnance)
The projectile fired, or intended to be fired, from a small arm.


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It seemed as if I had hardly closed my eyes, though in fact it was near midday, when I was awakened by the report of a rifle, the bullet striking the bowlder just above my body.
A bullet went through his hat, but he was unaware, though he did know when another tore through the apples on the pommel.
Goodfellow, after considerable searching in the cavity of the chest was enabled to detect and to pull forth a bullet of very extraordinary size, which, upon trial, was found to be exactly adapted to the bore of Mr.
 
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