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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Double-headed shot, consisting of a bar with a half-ball or round head at each end, formerly used for destroying masts and rigging in naval warfare.
- noun In heraldry, two bullets or balls connected by a short bar like a dumb-bell.
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