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  1. n. A projectile so constructed as to expand on leaving the gun into the form of cross with one quarter of the ball at each of its radial points, formerly used in naval actions for cutting the enemy's rigging or doing general execution.

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  • “The assault of the savages might have been more fatal, but happily a gun from the ships carried a crossbar-shot among the boughs of a tree above them, and, shaking them down upon their heads, produced great consternation.”

    The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 10

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