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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A bullet of smaller caliber than that of the musket or harquebus; hence, a light firearm carrying such a bullet. See demi-hag.
  • noun In golf, a stroke of less distance than a full shot, and played with a half swing: less than a three-quarter shot and more than a wrist or quarter shot.

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