rifle-ball

A hunter, struck between the eyes with a rifle-ball, pitched forward lifeless, and with the momentum of his charge slid along the ground.

IN THE FOREST OF THE NORTH 2010

The British were still seven to one; their carronades, loaded with marline-spikes, swept the gun-deck, of which we had possession, and decimated our little force; when a rifle-ball from the shrouds of the

Burlesques 2006

The British were still seven to one; their carronades, loaded with marline-spikes, swept the gun-deck, of which we had possession, and decimated our little force; when a rifle-ball from the shrouds of the

Novels by Eminent Hands 2006

Having broken his legs with a rifle-ball, we fired into him at forty yards as rapidly as we could load and discharge the rifles.

A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries 2004

A downy Dodonaea, with triangular leaves, was producing its small flowers59, and a scrubby bush with hard narrow leaves and globular fruit the size of a rifle-ball, proved to be a new CAPPARIS. 60 Thermometer, at daybreak, 35°; at 9 P.M.,

Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia 2003

My companions would not fire, thinking it was a man: at last a rifle-ball, pinging through the air — the moon was too young for correct shooting — put to flight a huge lion.

First footsteps in East Africa 2003

His rifle-ball or the slave-market were always available.

Hatchie, the Guardian Slave; or, The Heiress of Bellevue Warren T. Ashton

Emily sent one of the maids for Hatchie; but she returned in a few moments, accompanied by Jaspar, who, hearing her inquiries for the man his rifle-ball had sent to the other world, had come to prevent any injurious surmises.

Hatchie, the Guardian Slave; or, The Heiress of Bellevue Warren T. Ashton

"Hell!" exclaimed Jaspar, staggering back as he recognized the man whom he supposed his rifle-ball had sent to furnish food for the fishes.

Hatchie, the Guardian Slave; or, The Heiress of Bellevue Warren T. Ashton

Jaspar and De Guy, satisfied that the rifle-ball had done its work, hastened down stream to a small point of land which projected into the river, with the hope of securing the canoe and the body of the slave, upon which they expected to find the will.

Hatchie, the Guardian Slave; or, The Heiress of Bellevue Warren T. Ashton