Shoemaking Shoe"mak`ing noun The business of a shoemaker.

Shoer Sho"er noun One who fits shoes to the feet; one who furnishes or puts on shoes; as, a shoer of horses.

Shog Shog noun [ See Shock a striking.] A shock; a jog; a violent concussion or impulse. [ R. or Scot.]

Shog Shog transitive verb To shake; to shock. [ R. or Scot.]

Shog Shog intransitive verb [ Confer W. ysgogi to wag, to stir. Confer Jog .] To jog; to move on. [ R. or Scot.] Beau. & Fl.

Shoggle Shog"gle transitive verb [ See Shog , Joggle .] To joggle. [ Obsolete or Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Pegge.

Shogun Sho"gun noun [ Chin. tsiang kiûn commander in chief.] A title originally conferred by the Mikado on the military governor of the eastern provinces of Japan. By gradual usurpation of power the Shoguns (known to foreigners as Tycoons ) became finally the virtual rulers of Japan. The title was abolished in 1867. [ Written variously, Shiogun , Shiogoon , etc.]

Shogunate Sho·gun"ate noun The office or dignity of a Shogun. [ Written also Siogoonate .]

Shola Sho"la noun (Botany) See Sola .

Shole Shole noun A plank fixed beneath an object, as beneath the rudder of a vessel, to protect it from injury; a plank on the ground under the end of a shore or the like.

Shole Shole noun See Shoal . [ Obsolete]

Shonde Shonde noun [ Anglo-Saxon sceond . Confer Shend .] Harm; disgrace; shame. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Shone Shone imperfect & past participle of Shine .

Shoo Shoo interj. [ Confer German scheuchen to scare, drive away.] Begone; away; -- an expression used in frightening away animals, especially fowls.

Shooi Sho"oi noun (Zoology) The Richardson's skua ( Stercorarius parasiticus );- so called from its cry. [ Prov. Eng.]

Shook Shook imperfect & obsolete or poet. past participle of Shake .

Shook Shook noun [ Confer 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 Shook transitive verb To pack, as staves, in a shook.

Shoon Shoon noun , plural of Shoe . [ Archaic] Chaucer.

They shook the snow from hats and shoon .

Emerson.

Shoop Shoop obsolete imperfect of Shape . Shaped. Chaucer.

Shoot Shoot noun [ French 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.]

To take a shoot , to pass through a shoot instead of the main channel; to take the most direct course. [ U.S.]

Shoot Shoot transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Shot ; present participle & verbal noun Shooting . The old participle Shotten is obsolete. See Shotten .] [ Middle English shotien , schotien , Anglo-Saxon scotian , intransitive verb , sceótan ; akin to Dutch schieten , German schie...en , Old High German sciozan , Icelandic skj...ta , Swedish skjuta , Danish skyde ; confer Sanskrit skund to jump. √159. Confer Scot a contribution, Scout to reject, Scud , Scuttle , intransitive verb , Shot , Sheet , Shut , Shuttle , Skittish , Skittles .] 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.

Shak.

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 gun.

The 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 bud.

They 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 Shoot intransitive verb 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.

The archers have . . . shot at him.

Gen. xlix. 23.

2. To discharge a missile; -- said of an engine or instrument; as, the gun shoots well.

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.

There shot a streaming lamp along the sky.

Dryden.

4. To penetrate, as a missile; to dart with a piercing sensation; as, shooting pains.

Thy words shoot through my heart.

Addison.

5. To feel a quick, darting pain; to throb in pain.

These preachers make
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 rapidly.

Well shot in years he seemed.

Spenser.

Delightful task! to rear the tender thought,
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 promontory.

There shot up against the dark sky, tall, gaunt, straggling houses.

Dickens.

10. (Nautical) 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 Shoot noun 1. The act of shooting; the discharge of a missile; a shot; as, the shoot of a shuttle.

The 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.

Shooter Shoot"er noun 1. One who shoots, as an archer or a gunner.

2. That which shoots. Specifically: (a) A firearm; as, a five- shooter . [ Colloq. U.S.] (b) A shooting star. [ R.]

Shooting Shoot"ing noun 1. The act of one who, or that which, shoots; as, the shooting of an archery club; the shooting of rays of light.

2. A wounding or killing with a firearm; specifically (Sporting) , the killing of game; as, a week of shooting .

3. A sensation of darting pain; as, a shooting in one's head.

Shooting Shoot"ing adjective Of or pertaining to shooting; for shooting; darting.

Shooting board (Joinery) , a fixture used in planing or shooting the edge of a board, by means of which the plane is guided and the board held true. -- Shooting box , a small house in the country for use in the shooting season. Prof. Wilson. -- Shooting gallery , a range, usually covered, with targets for practice with firearms. -- Shooting iron , a firearm. [ Slang, U.S.] -- Shooting star . (a) (Astron.) A starlike, luminous meteor, that, appearing suddenly, darts quickly across some portion of the sky, and then as suddenly disappears, leaving sometimes, for a few seconds, a luminous train, -- called also falling star . Shooting stars are small cosmical bodies which encounter the earth in its annual revolution, and which become visible by coming with planetary velocity into the upper regions of the atmosphere. At certain periods, as on the 13th of November and 10th of August, they appear for a few hours in great numbers, apparently diverging from some point in the heavens, such displays being known as meteoric showers , or star showers . These bodies, before encountering the earth, were moving in orbits closely allied to the orbits of comets. See Leonids , Perseids . (b) (Botany) The American cowslip ( Dodecatheon Meadia ). See under Cowslip . -- Shooting stick (Print.) , a tapering piece of wood or iron, used by printers to drive up the quoins in the chase. Hansard.

Shooty Shoot"y adjective Sprouting or coming up freely and regularly. [ Prev. Eng.] Grose.

Shop Shop obsolete imperfect of Shape . Shaped. Chaucer.

Shop Shop noun [ Middle English shoppe , schoppe , Anglo-Saxon sceoppa a treasury, a storehouse, stall, booth; akin to scypen a shed, LG. schup a shed, German schoppen , schuppen , a shed, a coachhouse, Old High German scopf .] 1. A building or an apartment in which goods, wares, drugs, etc., are sold by retail.

From shop to shop
Wandering, and littering with unfolded silks
The polished counter.

Cowper.

2. A building in which mechanics or artisans work; as, a shoe shop ; a car shop .

A tailor called me in his shop .

Shak.

» Shop is often used adjectively or in composition; as, shop rent, or shop -rent; shop thief , or shop -thief; shop window, or shop -window, etc.

To smell of the shop , to indicate too distinctively one's occupation or profession. -- To talk shop , to make one's business the topic of social conversation; also, to use the phrases peculiar to one's employment. [ Colloq.]

Syn. -- Store; warehouse. See Store .

Shop Shop intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Shopped ; present participle & verbal noun Shopping .] To visit shops for the purpose of purchasing goods.

He was engaged with his mother and some ladies to go shopping .

Byron.

Shop Shop noun 1. A person's occupation, business, profession, or the like, as a subject of attention, interest, conversation, etc.; -- generally in deprecation.

2. A place where any industry is carried on; as, a chemist's shop ; also, (Slang) , any of the various places of business which are commonly called offices, as of a lawyer, doctor, broker, etc.

3. Any place of resort, as one's house, a restaurant, etc. [ Slang, Chiefly Eng.]

Shopboard Shop"board` noun A bench or board on which work is performed; a workbench. South.

Shopbook Shop"book` noun A book in which a tradesman keeps his accounts. Locke.

Shopboy Shop"boy` noun A boy employed in a shop.

Shopen Sho"pen obsolete past participle of Shape . Chaucer.

Shopgirl Shop"girl` noun A girl employed in a shop.

Shopkeeper Shop"keep`er noun A trader who sells goods in a shop, or by retail; -- in distinction from one who sells by wholesale. Addison.

Shoplifter Shop"lift`er noun [ Shop + lift. See Lift to steal.] One who steals anything in a shop, or takes goods privately from a shop; one who, under pretense of buying goods, takes occasion to steal.

Shoplifting Shop"lift`ing noun Larceny committed in a shop; the stealing of anything from a shop.

Shoplike Shop"like` adjective Suiting a shop; vulgar. B. Jonson.

Shopmaid Shop"maid` noun A shopgirl.

Shopman Shop"man noun ; plural Shopmen 1. A shopkeeper; a retailer. Dryden.

2. One who serves in a shop; a salesman.

3. One who works in a shop or a factory.

Shopper Shop"per noun One who shops.

Shoppish Shop"pish adjective Having the appearance or qualities of a shopkeeper, or shopman.

Shoppy Shop"py adjective 1. Abounding with shops. [ Colloq.]

2. Of or pertaining to shops, or one's own shop or business; as, shoppy talk. [ Colloq.] Mrs. Gaskell.

Shopshift Shop"shift` noun The trick of a shopkeeper; deception. [ Obsolete] B. Jonson.

Shopwalker Shop"walk`er noun One who walks about in a shop as an overseer and director. Confer Floorwalker .

Shopwoman Shop"wom`an noun ; plural Shopwomen A woman employed in a shop.

Shopworn Shop"worn` adjective Somewhat worn or damaged by having been kept for a time in a shop.

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