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Spent ball

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a ball shot from a firearm, which reaches an object without having sufficient force to penetrate it.

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In the course of the action he was hit by a spent ball, and threw up blood; but his skin was unbroken.

The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U.S.A., in the Rocky Mountains and the far West by Irving, Washington View in context

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