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shot tower: ► definition

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a tower designed for the production of small diameter shot balls by freefall of molten lead, which is then caught in a water basin. The shot is primarily used for projectiles in shotguns, and also for ballast, radiation shielding and other applications where small lead balls are useful.

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"[...] They don't think nothing of pulling a shot-tower up by the roots, and belting a Sunday-school superintendent over the head with it—or any other man."

Mark Twain. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

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He was the originator of tall monuments—shot-towers—lightning-rods—Lombardy poplars. His treatise upon “Shades and Shadows” has immortalized him.

Edgar Allan Poe. The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 4: Loss of Breath (1832)

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a superb outlook over the Thames, the Shot Tower, and the higher signals of the South-Western Railway.

Arnold Bennett. The Grand Babylon Hôtel (1902)