Bul"let (?), n. [F. boulet, dim. of boule ball. See Bull an edict, and cf. Boulet.]
1.
A small ball.
2.
A missile, usually of lead, and round or elongated in form, to be discharged from a rifle, musket, pistol, or other small firearm.
3.
A cannon ball.
[Obs.]
A ship before Greenwich . . . shot off her ordnance, one piece being charged with a bullet of stone.
Stow.
4.
The fetlock of a horse.
[See
Illust. under
Horse.]
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