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   Shock , n. [OE. schokke; cf. OD schocke, G. schock a heap, quantity, threescore, MHG. schoc, Sw. skok, and also G. hocke a heap of hay, Lith. kugis.]
   A pile or assemblage of sheaves of grain, as wheat, rye, or the like, set up in a field, the sheaves varying in number from twelve to sixteen; a stook.
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   And cause it on shocks to be by and by set.
   Tusser.
   
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   Behind the master walks, builds up the shocks.
   Thomson.
   
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   [G. schock.] (Com.) A lot consisting of sixty pieces; -- a term applied in some Baltic ports to loose goods.
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   Shock, v. t. To collect, or make up, into a shock or shocks; to stook; as, to shock rye.
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   Shock, v. i. To be occupied with making shocks.
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   Reap well, scatter not, gather clean that is shorn,
   Bind fast, shock apace.
   Tusser.
   
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   Shock, n. [Cf. D. schok a bounce, jolt, or leap, OHG. scoc a swing, MHG. schoc, Icel. skykkjun tremuously, F. choc a shock, collision, a dashing or striking against, Sp. choque, It. ciocco a log. √161. Cf. Shock to shake.]
   A quivering or shaking which is the effect of a blow, collision, or violent impulse; a blow, impact, or collision; a concussion; a sudden violent impulse or onset.
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   These strong, unshaken mounds resist the shocks
   Of tides and seas tempestuous.
   Blackmore.
   
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   He stood the shock of a whole host of foes.
   Addison.
   
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   A sudden agitation of the mind or feelings; a sensation of pleasure or pain caused by something unexpected or overpowering; also, a sudden agitating or overpowering event. “A shock of pleasure.”
   Talfourd.
   
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   (Med.) A sudden depression of the vital forces of the entire body, or of a part of it, marking some profound impression produced upon the nervous system, as by severe injury, overpowering emotion, or the like.
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   (Elec.) The sudden convulsion or contraction of the muscles, with the feeling of a concussion, caused by the discharge, through the animal system, of electricity from a charged body.
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   Syn. -- Concussion, Shock.  Both words signify a sudden violent shaking caused by impact or colision; but concussion is restricted in use to matter, while shock is used also of mental states.
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   Shock, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shocked ; p. pr. & vb. n. Shocking.] [OE. schokken; cf. D. schokken, F. choquer, Sp. chocar. √161. Cf. Chuck to strike, Jog, Shake, Shock a striking, Shog, n. & v.]
   To give a shock to; to cause to shake or waver; hence, to strike against suddenly; to encounter with violence.
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   Come the three corners of the world in arms,
   And we shall shock them.
   Shak.
   
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   I shall never forget the force with which he shocked De Vipont.
   Sir W. Scott.
   
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   To strike with surprise, terror, horror, or disgust; to cause to recoil; as, his violence shocked his associates.
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   Advise him not to shock a father's will.
   Dryden.
   
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   (Physiol.) To subject to the action of an electrical discharge so as to cause a more or less violent depression or commotion of the nervous system.
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   Shock, v. i. To meet with a shock; to meet in violent encounter. “They saw the moment approach when the two parties would shock together.” 
   De Quincey.
   
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   Shock, n. [Cf. Shag.]
   (Zool.) A dog with long hair or shag; -- called also shockdog.
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   A thick mass of bushy hair; as, a head covered with a shock of sandy hair.
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   Shock, a. Bushy; shaggy; as, a shock hair.
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   His red shock peruke . . . was laid aside.
   Sir W. Scott.
   
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