SHOT

n. Sho2t. 1. A bullet or pellet used as a mi ile in shooting. Split and perforated s. are employed in clamping sutures, and bags of s. for exerting compre ion by their weight. 2. The act or proce of shooting over or overlapping, [o, 48.] Head-mold s. Fr.,chevauchementdesoscrdniens. Ger., Uebereinanderschieben der Schadelknochenrander, Nahtverschiebung. The overlapping of the cranial bones of the fostus during the pa age of the head through the pelvis in parturition, whereby the size of the head is slightly diminished and its shape made to conform somewhat to that of the parturient canal. [s. 481]