She plied us with grapeshot with broadside so sore. From Wordnik.com. [Bold Dighton] Reference
The American grapeshot whistled over Sharpe's head. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Siege]
In short, he got Borked at Leipzig. grapeshot says. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Kristol Complicates Napoleon Metaphors] Reference
Neither balls nor grapeshot: everything has its end!. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No. 6, December 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
They sent on us the grapeshot which cut our men away. From Wordnik.com. [Fare You Well Old Ireland] Reference
Janissaries were mowed down by grapeshot and scimitars. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol 3 No 3, March 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
It's like sniffing grapeshot straight up the nostrils. '. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Gold]
It looked like one giant ruby, the size of a piece of grapeshot. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Tiger]
Those "Patriotic Donut Holes" look like slightly used grapeshot. From Wordnik.com. [Patriot Day] Reference
Yesterday I could not remember the correct word so used grapeshot. From Wordnik.com. [The James Rifle] Reference
Then His Majesty's Ship fired its first rounds of grapeshot into them. From Wordnik.com. [The War with the Newts] Reference
But those cannon were set to rake the end of the causeway with grapeshot. From Wordnik.com. [Ordermaster]
Rodgers was a man of grapeshot and action, not observation and note-taking. From Wordnik.com. [Call to Treason]
Silliman speaks of the "incessant fire on our lines" with grapeshot as being. From Wordnik.com. [The Campaign of 1776 around New York and Brooklyn] Reference
“You must be quick or the enemy will bring up his guns to use grapeshot.”. From Wordnik.com. [War and Peace] Reference
So, to a lesser extent, are the grapeshot catapults that guard the encampment. From Wordnik.com. [The Brothers' War]
Zaporozhtzi attacked the wall fiercely, but were met with a shower of grapeshot. From Wordnik.com. [Taras Bulba] Reference
The Zaporozhtzi attacked the wall fiercely, but were met by a shower of grapeshot. From Wordnik.com. [Taras Bulba and Other Tales] Reference
The enemy Marines would be surprised, flayed by grapeshot, and the Thuella would be safe. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Siege]
Twice they noticed the French appearing below them, and then they fired grapeshot at them. From Wordnik.com. [War and Peace] Reference
Let them form squares on this issue while we pour cannister and grapeshot into their ranks. From Wordnik.com. [Sound Politics: Courthouse Democrat Machine is afraid to let voters decide future of elections office] Reference
Ming Campbell, however, is emphatically not, and ran for cover at the first sign of grapeshot. From Wordnik.com. [Cameron & Thinking the Unthinkable] Reference
The French raked them with grapeshot, and soon they came running back nearly frantic with fear. From Wordnik.com. [Ben Comee A Tale of Rogers's Rangers, 1758-59] Reference
A whiz and rattle of grapeshot among the branches high above his head roused him from his dream. From Wordnik.com. [An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge] Reference
The French had time to fire three rounds of grapeshot before the hussars got back to their horses. From Wordnik.com. [War and Peace] Reference
The grapeshot carved gaps in the crowd; the only thing to stop the spray of metal was human bodies. From Wordnik.com. [He Don't Know Him] Reference
"Gordon Brown obviously looked at the polls north and south of the Border and ran away at the first whiff of grapeshot.". From Wordnik.com. [Wallaby Eaten Alive (12-10 !)] Reference
At the lakeside, history's longest, widest, densest column of white-hot grapeshot screamed straight out of the tunnel of wire. From Wordnik.com. [And all the Stars a Stage]
You're definitely right about AOE though, there was essentially no such thing until exploding cannonballs and cannon grapeshot. From Wordnik.com. [The Zergling Rush (of your dreams)] Reference
The entire city was wrapped in a cocoon of stone and protected by a bristling array of ballistas, archers, and grapeshot catapults. From Wordnik.com. [The Brothers' War]
From there they could have raked ship or beach with grapeshot, but there was no sign of them taking aim at either, or lowering boats. From Wordnik.com. [The Gates of Noon]
"But one hour after dawn, " Ducos was relentless in victory, -you will be moored off the fortress and bombarding the walls with grapeshot?. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Siege]
Far from the protection of the stockade and its grapeshot catapults, they camped without a fire and slept within the ornithopter's housing. From Wordnik.com. [The Brothers' War]
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