pistol-ball

Nothing would please this Bulmer better than to fight through his rogueries — he knows very well, that he who can slit a pistol-ball on the edge of a penknife, will always preserve some sort of reputation amidst his scoundrelism — but I shall take care to stop that hole.

Saint Ronan's Well 2008

When I felt that cursed wheel pass across my breast, when I felt the pistol-ball benumb my arm, I felt no more agitation than at the bounce of a champagne-cork.

Saint Ronan's Well 2008

During all this time, no tender, no grateful reflections arose to restrain his purpose; but when the poor gentleman had let his company out through the office, Fisher came suddenly from his lurking-place, and walking softly behind his friend into his chamber, discharged a pistol-ball into his head.

The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling 2004

Mine went hard with fires of pain, being of such size and thickness; and I was ashamed of him for breaking by reason of a pistol-ball, and the mere hug of a man.

Lorna Doone Richard Doddridge 2004

“They say that he has been wounded by a pistol-ball.”

Lady Anna 2004

However, when I arrived home, hoping for a few months 'rest to recover from the effects of a pistol-ball which had been dug out of the small of my back, there was a nasty shock awaiting me.

Royal Flash Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1970

Of what avail a little pistol-ball, or six of them?

The Red-Blooded Heroes of the Frontier Edgar Beecher Bronson

He showed us four pistol-ball holes in the arm he was most dexterously using in his own defense, and two large scars which he said were gashes made at the same time with a Bowie-knife, which enabled his enemies to capture him.

A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences Laura S. Haviland

During all this time, no tender, no grateful reflections arose to restrain his purpose; but when the poor gentleman had let his company out through the office, Fisher came suddenly from his lurking-place, and walking softly behind his friend into his chamber, discharged a pistol-ball into his head.

I. A Wonderful Long Chapter Concerning the Marvellous. Book VIII 1917

In another case the patient lived twenty-six hours after reception of the injury, the conical pistol-ball passing through the anterior margin of the right lobe of the lung into the pericardium, through the right auricle, and again entered the right pleural cavity, passing through the posterior margin of the lower lobe of the right lung; at the autopsy it was found in the right pleural cavity.

Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine 1896