From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Bullet \Bul"let\, n. [F. boulet, dim. of boule ball. See Bull an edict, and cf. Boulet.] 1. A small ball. [1913 Webster] 2. A missile, usually of lead, and round or elongated in form, to be discharged from a rifle, musket, pistol, or other small firearm. [1913 Webster] 3. A cannon ball. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] A ship before Greenwich . . . shot off her ordnance, one piece being charged with a bullet of stone. --Stow. [1913 Webster] 4. The fetlock of a horse. Note: [See Illust. under Horse.] [1913 Webster] Bullet tree. See Bully tree. Bullet wood, the wood of the bullet tree. [1913 Webster]