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Shoot (?), n. [F. 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.]
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To take a shoot, to pass through a shoot instead of the main channel; to take the most direct course. [U.S.]
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Shoot (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shot (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Shooting. The old participle Shotten is obsolete. See Shotten.] [OE. shotien, schotien, AS. scotian, v. i., sceótan; akin to D. schieten, G. schieen, OHG. sciozan, Icel. skjta, Sw. skjuta, Dan. skyde; cf. Skr. skund to jump. √159. Cf. Scot a contribution, Scout to reject, Scud, Scuttle, v. i., 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.
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If you please
To shoot an arrow that self way. Shak.
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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”.
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The two ends od a bow, shot off, fly from one another. Boyle.
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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.
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When Roger shot the hawk hovering over his master's dove house. A. Tucker.
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4. To send out or forth, especially with a rapid or sudden motion; to cast with the hand; to hurl; to discharge; to emit.
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An honest weaver as ever shot shuttle. Beau. & Fl.
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A pit into which the dead carts had nightly shot corpses by scores. Macaulay.
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5. To push or thrust forward; to project; to protrude; -- often with out; as, “a plant shoots out a bud”.
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They shoot out the lip, they shake the head. Ps. xxii. 7.
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Beware the secret snake that shoots a sting. Dryden.
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6. (Carp.) To plane straight; to fit by planing.
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Two pieces of wood that are shot, that is, planed or else pared with a paring chisel. Moxon.
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7. To pass rapidly through, over, or under; as, “to shoot a rapid or a bridge; to shoot a sand bar.”
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She . . . shoots the Stygian sound. Dryden.
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8. To variegate as if by sprinkling or intermingling; to color in spots or patches.
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The tangled water courses slept,
Shot over with purple, and green, and yellow. Tennyson.
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To be shot of, to be discharged, cleared, or rid of. [Colloq.] “Are you not glad to be shot of him?”
Sir W. Scott.
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Shoot, v. 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 rides”.
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The archers have . . . shot at him. Gen. xlix. 23.
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2. To discharge a missile; -- said of an engine or instrument; as, “the gun shoots well”.
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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”.
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There shot a streaming lamp along the sky. Dryden.
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4. To penetrate, as a missile; to dart with a piercing sensation; as, “shooting pains”.
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Thy words shoot through my heart. Addison.
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5. To feel a quick, darting pain; to throb in pain.
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These preachers make
His head to shoot and ache. Herbert.
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6. To germinate; to bud; to sprout.
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Onions, as they hang, will shoot forth. Bacon.
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But the wild olive shoots, and shades the ungrateful plain. Dryden.
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7. To grow; to advance; as, “to shoot up rapidly”.
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Well shot in years he seemed. Spenser.
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Delightful task! to rear the tender thought,
To teach the young idea how to shoot. Thomson.
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8. To change form suddenly; especially, to solidify.
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If the menstruum be overcharged, metals will shoot into crystals. Bacon.
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9. To protrude; to jut; to project; to extend; as, “the land shoots into a promontory”.
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There shot up against the dark sky, tall, gaunt, straggling houses. Dickens.
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10. (Naut.) To move ahead by force of momentum, as a sailing vessel when the helm is put hard alee.
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To shoot ahead, to pass or move quickly forward; to outstrip others.
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Shoot, n.
1. The act of shooting; the discharge of a missile; a shot; as, “the shoot of a shuttle”.
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The Turkish bow giveth a very forcible shoot. Bacon.
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One underneath his horse to get a shoot doth stalk. Drayton.
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2. A young branch or growth.
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Superfluous branches and shoots of this second spring. Evelyn.
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3. A rush of water; a rapid.
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4. (Min.) A vein of ore running in the same general direction as the lode. Knight.
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5. (Weaving) A weft thread shot through the shed by the shuttle; a pick.
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6. [Perh. a different word.] A shoat; a young hog.
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