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Webster 1913 Edition


Shook

Shook

(shoŏk)
,
imp.
&
obs.
or
poet.
p.
p.
of
Shake
.

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

,
pp.
of shake.

Definition 2024


shook

shook

English

Noun

shook (plural shooks)

  1. A set of pieces for making a cask or box, usually wood.
  2. 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)

  1. To pack (staves, etc.) in a shook.
  2. simple past tense of shake

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Most common English words before 1923: loss · spot · wonderful · #943: shook · fit · distribute · ordinary

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