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shot tower

(Military) a building formerly used in the production of shot, in which molten lead was graded and dropped from a great height into water, thus cooling it and forming the shot

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shot tower - tower of a kind once used to make shot; molten lead was poured through a sieve and dropped into water

tower - a structure taller than its diameter; can stand alone or be attached to a larger building

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shot tower (redirected from William Watts (inventor))

shot tower
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