shoo

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

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

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

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 ]

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 ]