interj. [ Cf. G. scheuchen to scare, drive away. ] Begone; away; -- an expression used in frightening away animals, especially fowls. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The Richardson's skua (Stercorarius parasiticus);- so called from its cry. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

imp. & obs. or poet. p. p. of Shake. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Shock a bundle of sheaves. ] (Com.) (a) A set of staves and headings sufficient in number for one hogshead, cask, barrel, or the like, trimmed, and bound together in compact form. (b) A set of boards for a sugar box. (c) The parts of a piece of house furniture, as a bedstead, packed together. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To pack, as staves, in a shook. [ 1913 Webster ]

n., pl. of Shoe. [ Archaic ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

They shook the snow from hats and shoon. Emerson. [ 1913 Webster ]

obs. imp. of Shape. Shaped. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. chute. See Chute. Confused with shoot to let fly. ] An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, etc., are caused to slide; also, a narrow passage, either natural or artificial, in a stream, where the water rushes rapidly; esp., a channel, having a swift current, connecting the ends of a bend in the stream, so as to shorten the course. [ Written also chute, and shute. ] [ U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

To take a shoot, to pass through a shoot instead of the main channel; to take the most direct course. [ U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Shot p. pr. & vb. n. Shooting. The old participle Shotten is obsolete. See Shotten. ] [ OE. shotien, schotien, AS. scotian, v. i., sceótan; akin to D. schieten, G. schie&unr_;en, OHG. sciozan, Icel. skj&unr_;ta, Sw. skjuta, Dan. skyde; cf. Skr. skund to jump. √159. Cf. Scot a contribution, Scout to reject, Scud, Scuttle, v. i., Shot, Sheet, Shut, Shuttle, Skittish, Skittles. ] 1. To let fly, or cause to be driven, with force, as an arrow or a bullet; -- followed by a word denoting the missile, as an object. [ 1913 Webster ]

If you please
To shoot an arrow that self way. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To discharge, causing a missile to be driven forth; -- followed by a word denoting the weapon or instrument, as an object; -- often with off; as, to shoot a gun. [ 1913 Webster ]

The two ends od a bow, shot off, fly from one another. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To strike with anything shot; to hit with a missile; often, to kill or wound with a firearm; -- followed by a word denoting the person or thing hit, as an object. [ 1913 Webster ]

When Roger shot the hawk hovering over his master's dove house. A. Tucker. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To send out or forth, especially with a rapid or sudden motion; to cast with the hand; to hurl; to discharge; to emit. [ 1913 Webster ]

An honest weaver as ever shot shuttle. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

A pit into which the dead carts had nightly shot corpses by scores. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To push or thrust forward; to project; to protrude; -- often with out; as, a plant shoots out a bud. [ 1913 Webster ]

They shoot out the lip, they shake the head. Ps. xxii. 7. [ 1913 Webster ]

Beware the secret snake that shoots a sting. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Carp.) To plane straight; to fit by planing. [ 1913 Webster ]

Two pieces of wood that are shot, that is, planed or else pared with a paring chisel. Moxon. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. To pass rapidly through, over, or under; as, to shoot a rapid or a bridge; to shoot a sand bar. [ 1913 Webster ]

She . . . shoots the Stygian sound. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

8. To variegate as if by sprinkling or intermingling; to color in spots or patches. [ 1913 Webster ]

The tangled water courses slept,
Shot over with purple, and green, and yellow. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

To be shot of, to be discharged, cleared, or rid of. [ Colloq. ] “Are you not glad to be shot of him?” Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To cause an engine or weapon to discharge a missile; -- said of a person or an agent; as, they shot at a target; he shoots better than he rides. [ 1913 Webster ]

The archers have . . . shot at him. Gen. xlix. 23. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To discharge a missile; -- said of an engine or instrument; as, the gun shoots well. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To be shot or propelled forcibly; -- said of a missile; to be emitted or driven; to move or extend swiftly, as if propelled; as, a shooting star. [ 1913 Webster ]

There shot a streaming lamp along the sky. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To penetrate, as a missile; to dart with a piercing sensation; as, shooting pains. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thy words shoot through my heart. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To feel a quick, darting pain; to throb in pain. [ 1913 Webster ]

These preachers make
His head to shoot and ache. Herbert. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. To germinate; to bud; to sprout. [ 1913 Webster ]

Onions, as they hang, will shoot forth. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

But the wild olive shoots, and shades the ungrateful plain. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. To grow; to advance; as, to shoot up rapidly. [ 1913 Webster ]

Well shot in years he seemed. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

Delightful task! to rear the tender thought,
To teach the young idea how to shoot. Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ]

8. To change form suddenly; especially, to solidify. [ 1913 Webster ]

If the menstruum be overcharged, metals will shoot into crystals. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

9. To protrude; to jut; to project; to extend; as, the land shoots into a promontory. [ 1913 Webster ]

There shot up against the dark sky, tall, gaunt, straggling houses. Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]

10. (Naut.) To move ahead by force of momentum, as a sailing vessel when the helm is put hard alee. [ 1913 Webster ]

To shoot ahead, to pass or move quickly forward; to outstrip others. [ 1913 Webster ]