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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Grapeshot \Grape"shot`\, n. (Mil.)
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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
grapeshot
n : a cluster of small projectiles fired together from a cannon
to produce a hail of shot
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:
GRAPESHOT, n. An argument which the future is preparing in answer to
the demands of American Socialism.
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