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SHOTTEN

\ʃˈɒtən], \ʃˈɒtən], \ʃ_ˈɒ_t_ə_n]\

Definitions of SHOTTEN

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language

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Having ejected the spawn; as, a shotten herring.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

Having ejected the spawn; as, a shotten herring.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

Having ejected the spawn; dislocated; curdled and sour.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

Having thrown out the spawn, as herring; gutted or dried for keeping, as herrings; out of its socket.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

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