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Webster 1913 Edition
Shook
Shook
,Noun.
[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.
Shook
,Verb.
T.
To pack, as staves, in a shook.
Webster 1828 Edition
Shook
SHOOK
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Definition 2025
shook
shook
English
Noun
shook (plural shooks)
- A set of pieces for making a cask or box, usually wood.
- The parts of a piece of house furniture, as a bedstead, packed together.
Synonyms
Verb
shook (third-person singular simple present shooks, present participle shooking, simple past and past participle shooked)
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