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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Case shot Mil. A collection of small projectiles, inclosed in a case or canister.
 Note: ☞ In the United States a case shot is a thin spherical or oblong cast-iron shell containing musket balls and a bursting charge, with a time fuse; -- called in Europe shrapnel. In Europe the term case shot is applied to what in the United States is called canister.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 case shot
      n : a metallic cylinder packed with shot and used as ammunition
          in a firearm [syn: canister, canister shot]