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Shot
() imp. & p. p. of Shoot.
Shot
() Woven in such a way as to produce an effect of variegation, of changeable tints, or of being figured; as, shot silks. See Shoot, v. t., 8.
Shot
() A share or proportion; a reckoning; a scot.
Shot
() of Shot
Shots
() of Shot
Shot
() The act of shooting; discharge of a firearm or other weapon which throws a missile.
Shot
() A missile weapon, particularly a ball or bullet; specifically, whatever is discharged as a projectile from firearms or cannon by the force of an explosive.
Shot
() Small globular masses of lead, of various sizes, -- used chiefly for killing game; as, bird shot; buckshot.
Shot
() The flight of a missile, or the distance which it is, or can be, thrown; as, the vessel was distant more than a cannon shot.
Shot
() A marksman; one who practices shooting; as, an exellent shot.
Shotted
() of Shot
Shotting
() of Shot
Shot
() To load with shot, as a gun.
Shot-clog
() A person tolerated only because he pays the shot, or reckoning, for the rest of the company, otherwise a mere clog on them.
Shote
() A fish resembling the trout.
Shote
() A young hog; a shoat.
Shot-free
() Not to be injured by shot; shot-proof.
Shot-free
() Free from charge or expense; hence, unpunished; scot-free.
Shotgun
() A light, smooth-bored gun, often double-barreled, especially designed for firing small shot at short range, and killing small game.
Shot-proof
() Impenetrable by shot.
Shots
() The refuse of cattle taken from a drove.
Shotted
() Loaded with shot.
Shotted
() Having a shot attached; as, a shotten suture.
Shotten
() Having ejected the spawn; as, a shotten herring.
Shotten
() Shot out of its socket; dislocated, as a bone.
Shough
() A shockdog.
Shough
() See Shoo.
Should
() Used as an auxiliary verb, to express a conditional or contingent act or state, or as a supposition of an actual fact; also, to express moral obligation (see Shall); e. g.: they should have come last week; if I should go; I should think you could go.
Shoulder
() The joint, or the region of the joint, by which the fore limb is connected with the body or with the shoulder girdle; the projection formed by the bones and muscles about that joint.
Shoulder
() The flesh and muscles connected with the shoulder joint; the upper part of the back; that part of the human frame on which it is most easy to carry a heavy burden; -- often used in the plural.
Shoulder
() Fig.: That which supports or sustains; support.
Shoulder
() That which resembles a human shoulder, as any protuberance or projection from the body of a thing.
Shoulder
() The upper joint of the fore leg and adjacent parts of an animal, dressed for market; as, a shoulder of mutton.
Shoulder
() The angle of a bastion included between the face and flank. See Illust. of Bastion.
Shoulder
() An abrupt projection which forms an abutment on an object, or limits motion, etc., as the projection around a tenon at the end of a piece of timber, the part of the top of a type which projects beyond the base of the raised character, etc.
Shouldered
() of Shoulder
Shouldering
() of Shoulder
Shoulder
() To push or thrust with the shoulder; to push with violence; to jostle.
Shoulder
() To take upon the shoulder or shoulders; as, to shoulder a basket; hence, to assume the burden or responsibility of; as, to shoulder blame; to shoulder a debt.
Shouldered
() Having shoulders; -- used in composition; as, a broad-shouldered man.
Shoulder-shotten
() Sprained in the shoulder, as a horse.
Shouted
() of Shout
Shouting
() of Shout
Shout
() To utter a sudden and loud outcry, as in joy, triumph, or exultation, or to attract attention, to animate soldiers, etc.
Shout
() To utter with a shout; to cry; -- sometimes with out; as, to shout, or to shout out, a man's name.
Shout
() To treat with shouts or clamor.
Shout
() A loud burst of voice or voices; a vehement and sudden outcry, especially of a multitudes expressing joy, triumph, exultation, or animated courage.
Shouter
() One who shouts.
Shoved
() of Shove
Shoving
() of Shove