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Webster 1913 Edition
Shoot
Shoot
,Noun.
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.]
To take a shoot
, to pass through a shoot instead of the main channel; to take the most direct course.
[U.S.]
Shoot
,Verb.
T.
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.
If you please
To shoot an arrow that self way.
To shoot an arrow that self way.
Shakespeare
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 gunThe two ends od a bow,
shot
off, fly from one another. Boyle.
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.
When Roger
shot
the hawk hovering over his master’s dove house. A. Tucker.
4.
To send out or forth, especially with a rapid or sudden motion; to cast with the hand; to hurl; to discharge; to emit.
An honest weaver as ever
shot
shuttle. Beau. & Fl.
A pit into which the dead carts had nightly
shot
corpses by scores. Macaulay.
5.
To push or thrust forward; to project; to protrude; – often with out;
as, a plant
. shoots
out a budThey
shoot
out the lip, they shake the head. Ps. xxii. 7.
Beware the secret snake that
shoots
a sting. Dryden.
6.
(Carp.)
To plane straight; to fit by planing.
Two pieces of wood that are
shot
, that is, planed or else pared with a paring chisel. Moxon.
7.
To pass rapidly through, over, or under;
as, to
shoot
a rapid or a bridge; to shoot
a sand bar.She . . .
shoots
the Stygian sound. Dryden.
8.
To variegate as if by sprinkling or intermingling; to color in spots or patches.
The tangled water courses slept,
Shot
over with purple, and green, and yellow. Tennyson.
To be shot of
, to be discharged, cleared, or rid of.
[Colloq.]
“Are you not glad to be shot of him?” Sir W. Scott.
Shoot
,Verb.
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 ridesThe archers have . . .
shot
at him. Gen. xlix. 23.
2.
To discharge a missile; – said of an engine or instrument;
as, the gun
. shoots
well3.
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
starThere
shot
a streaming lamp along the sky. Dryden.
4.
To penetrate, as a missile; to dart with a piercing sensation;
as,
. shooting
painsThy words
shoot
through my heart. Addison.
5.
To feel a quick, darting pain; to throb in pain.
These preachers make
His head to
His head to
shoot
and ache. Herbert.
6.
To germinate; to bud; to sprout.
Onions, as they hang, will
shoot
forth. Bacon.
But the wild olive
shoots
, and shades the ungrateful plain. Dryden.
7.
To grow; to advance;
as, to
. shoot
up rapidlyWell
shot
in years he seemed. Spenser.
Delightful task! to rear the tender thought,
To teach the young idea how to
To teach the young idea how to
shoot
. Thomson.
8.
To change form suddenly; especially, to solidify.
If the menstruum be overcharged, metals will
shoot
into crystals. Bacon.
9.
To protrude; to jut; to project; to extend;
as, the land
. shoots
into a promontoryThere
shot
up against the dark sky, tall, gaunt, straggling houses. Dickens.
10.
(Naut.)
To move ahead by force of momentum, as a sailing vessel when the helm is put hard alee.
To shoot ahead
, to pass or move quickly forward; to outstrip others.
Shoot
,Noun.
1.
The act of shooting; the discharge of a missile; a shot;
as, the
. shoot
of a shuttleThe Turkish bow giveth a very forcible
shoot
. Bacon.
One underneath his horse to get a
shoot
doth stalk. Drayton.
2.
A young branch or growth.
Superfluous branches and
shoots
of this second spring. Evelyn.
3.
A rush of water; a rapid.
4.
(Min.)
A vein of ore running in the same general direction as the lode.
Knight.
5.
(Weaving)
A weft thread shot through the shed by the shuttle; a pick.
6.
[Perh. a different word.]
A shoat; a young hog.
Webster 1828 Edition
Shoot
SHOOT
,Verb.
T.
1. To let fly and drive with force; as, to shoot an arrow.
2. To discharge and cause to be driven with violence; as, to shoot a ball.
And from about her shot darts of desire. Milton.
4. To let off; used of the instrument.
The two ends of a bow shot off, fly from one another. Boyle.
5. To strike with any thing shot; as, to shoot with an arrow or a bullet.
6. To send out; to push forth; as, a plant shoots a branch.
7. To push out; to emit; to dart; to thrust forth.
Beware of the secret snake that shoots a sting. Dryden.
8. To push forward; to drive; to propel; as, to shoot a bolt.
9. To push out; to thrust forward.
They shoot out the lip. Ps. 22.
The phrase, to shoot out the lip, signifies to treat with derision or contempt.
10. To pass through with swiftness; as, to shoot the Stygian flood.
11. To fit to each other by planing; a workman's term.
Two pieces of wood that are shot, that is, planed or pared with a chisel.