Shot tower Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun tower of a kind once used to make shot; molten lead was poured through a sieve and dropped into water
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- a lofty tower for making shot, by dropping from its summit melted lead in slender streams. The lead forms spherical drops which cool in the descent, and are received in water or other liquid.
