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A large, single projectile, often bearing external pre-cut rifling, intended for adapting shotguns to the hunting of larger game such as deer. Also a slang term for bullet. As a verb, "to slug" means forcing a soft lead slug through the bore of a gun and measuring it to determine barrel dimensions.
Ãâó: beasafehunter.org/HunterEd/glossary.html
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A term applied to the $50, gold coin issued by various private mints in California from 1851 to 1855 occurring in both round and octagonal shapes. Also tokens manufactured expressly for use in certain coin-operated machines. Also a blank occasionally mistaken for a coin planchet.
Ãâó: www.canadiancoin.com/diction/s.htm
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The blank, cut from wrought material, from which a forging is made, see
Ãâó: www.copper.org/applications/rodbar/f_gloss.html
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A line of type cast as a single piece of metal from a linotype machine; strips of metal (lead) sandwiched between lines of type used in letterpress printing which create the vertical spacing between lines knowing as leading.
Ãâó: www.proximasoftware.com/fontexpert/terms/s.htm
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Vernacular for Pellet. Originally may have referred to lead projectiles of a blunt bullet shape, similar shape to "slugs" used in shotguns. The "slug" shape has reappeared in the contemporary "Dynamic" non-lead airgun projectiles.
Ãâó: home.hiwaay.net/~ispellan/AirGlossary.html
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