• (n.) Having ejected the spawn; as, a shotten herring. • of Shoot • (n.) Shot out of its socket; dislocated, as a bone.
Shot'ten noun [ Properly past participle of shoot ; Anglo-Saxon scoten , sceoten , past participle of sceótan .] 1. Having ejected the spawn; as, a shotten herring. Shak. 2. Shot out of its socket; dislocated, as a bone.