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Rapeshot
Webster's Dictionary
(n.) A cluster, usually nine in number, of small iron balls, put together by means of cast-iron circular plates at top and bottom, with two rings, and a central connecting rod, in order to be used as a charge for a cannon. Formerly grapeshot were inclosed in canvas bags.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Rapeshot'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/r/rapeshot.html. 1828.