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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.

torpedo

(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.