Shoot \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 The old participle Shotten is obsolete.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., sce['o]tan; akin to D. schieten, G. schie?en, OHG. sciozan, Icel. skj?ta, Sw. skjuta, Dan. skyde; cf. Skr. skund to jump. [root]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.

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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Shot \Shot\, imp. & p. p. of Shoot.

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Shot \Shot\, a. Woven in such a way as to produce an effect of variegation, of changeable tints, or of being figured; as, shot silks. See Shoot, v. t., 8.

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Shot \Shot\, n. [AS. scot, sceot, fr. sce['o]tan to shoot; akin to D. sschot, Icel. skot. [root]159. See Scot a share, Shoot, v. t., and cf. Shot a shooting.]

A share or proportion; a reckoning; a scot.

Here no shots are where all shares be. --Chapman.

A man is never . . . welcome to a place till some certain shot be paid and the hostess say ``Welcome.'' --Shak.

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Shot \Shot\, n.; pl. Shotor Shots. [OE. shot, schot, AS. gesceot a missile; akin to D. schot a shot, shoot, G. schuss, geschoss a missile, Icel. skot a throwing, a javelin, and E. shoot, v.t. [root]159. See Shoot, and cf. Shot a share.]

1. The act of shooting; discharge of a firearm or other weapon which throws a missile.

He caused twenty shot of his greatest cannon to be made at the king's army. --Clarendon.

2. A missile weapon, particularly a ball or bullet; specifically, whatever is discharged as a projectile from firearms or cannon by the force of an explosive.

Note: Shot used in war is of various kinds, classified according to the material of which it is composed, into lead, wrought-iron, and cast-iron; according to form, into spherical and oblong; according to structure and modes of operation, into solid, hollow, and case. See Bar shot, Chain shot, etc., under Bar, Chain, etc.

3. Small globular masses of lead, of various sizes, -- used chiefly for killing game; as, bird shot; buckshot.

4. The flight of a missile, or the distance which it is, or can be, thrown; as, the vessel was distant more than a cannon shot.

5. A marksman; one who practices shooting; as, an exellent shot.

Shot belt, a belt having a pouch or compartment for carrying shot.

Shot cartridge, a cartridge containing powder and small shot, forming a charge for a shotgun.

Shot garland (Naut.), a wooden frame to contain shot, secured to the coamings and ledges round the hatchways of a ship.

Shot gauge, an instrument for measuring the diameter of round shot. --Totten.

shot hole, a hole made by a shot or bullet discharged.

Shot locker (Naut.), a strongly framed compartment in the hold of a vessel, for containing shot.

Shot of a cable (Naut.), the splicing of two or more cables together, or the whole length of the cables thus united.

Shot prop (Naut.), a wooden prop covered with tarred hemp, to stop a hole made by the shot of an enemy in a ship's side.

Shot tower, a lofty tower for making shot, by dropping from its summit melted lead in slender streams. The lead forms spherical drops which cool in the descent, and are received in water or other liquid.

Shot window, a window projecting from the wall. Ritson, quoted by Halliwell, explains it as a window that opens and shuts; and Wodrow describes it as a window of shutters made of timber and a few inches of glass above them.

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Shot \Shot\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shotted; p. pr. & vb. n. Shotting.]

To load with shot, as a gun. --Totten.

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Shot \Shot\, n.

1. (Fisheries)
   (a) A cast of a net.
   (b) The entire throw of nets at one time.
   (c) A place or spot for setting nets.
   (d) A single draft or catch of fish made.

2. (Athletics) A spherical weight, to be put, or thrown, in competition for distance.

3. A stroke or propulsive action in certain games, as in billiards, hockey, curling, etc.; also, a move, as in chess.

4. A guess; conjecture; also, an attempt. [Colloq.]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)