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  • English Word Shoggle Definition To joggle.
  • English Word Shogun Definition 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.
  • English Word Shogunate Definition The office or dignity of a Shogun.
  • English Word Shola Definition See Sola.
  • English Word Shole Definition 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.
  • English Word Shole Definition See Shoal.
  • English Word Shonde Definition Harm; disgrace; shame.
  • English Word Shone Definition of Shine
  • English Word Shone Definition imp. & p. p. of Shine.
  • English Word Shoo Definition Begone; away; -- an expression used in frightening away animals, especially fowls.
  • English Word Shooi Definition The Richardson's skua (Stercorarius parasiticus);- so called from its cry.
  • English Word Shook Definition imp. & obs. or poet. p. p. of Shake.
  • English Word Shook Definition A set of staves and headings sufficient in number for one hogshead, cask, barrel, or the like, trimmed, and bound together in compact form.
  • English Word Shook Definition A set of boards for a sugar box.
  • English Word Shook Definition The parts of a piece of house furniture, as a bedstead, packed together.
  • English Word Shook Definition To pack, as staves, in a shook.
  • English Word Shook Definition of Shake
  • English Word Shook Definition of Shake
  • English Word Shoon Definition of Shoe
  • English Word Shoon Definition pl. of Shoe.
  • English Word Shoop Definition imp. of Shape. Shaped.
  • English Word Shoot Definition 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.
  • English Word Shoot Definition 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.
  • English Word Shoot Definition 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.
  • English Word Shoot Definition 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.
  • English Word Shoot Definition To send out or forth, especially with a rapid or sudden motion; to cast with the hand; to hurl; to discharge; to emit.
  • English Word Shoot Definition To push or thrust forward; to project; to protrude; -- often with out; as, a plant shoots out a bud.
  • English Word Shoot Definition To plane straight; to fit by planing.
  • English Word Shoot Definition To pass rapidly through, over, or under; as, to shoot a rapid or a bridge; to shoot a sand bar.
  • English Word Shoot Definition To variegate as if by sprinkling or intermingling; to color in spots or patches.