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Shoot
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SHOOT, prte. and pp. shot. The old participle shotten, is obsolete. L. scateo, to shoot out water.
1. To let fly and drive with force as, to shoot an arrow.
2. To discharge and cause to be driven with violence as, to shoot a ball.
And from about her shot darts of desire. Milton.
4. To let off used of the instrument.
The two ends of a bow shot off, fly from one another. Boyle.
5. To strike with any thing shot as, to shoot with an arrow or a bullet.
6. To send out to push forth as, a plant shoots a branch.
7. To push out to emit to dart to thrust forth.
Beware of the secret snake that shoots a sting. Dryden.
8. To push forward to drive to propel as, to shoot a bolt.
9. To push out to thrust forward.
They shoot out the lip. Psalms 22 .
The phrase, to shoot out the lip, signifies to treat with derision or contempt.
10. To pass through with swiftness as, to shoot the Stygian flood.
11. To fit to each other by planing a workman's term.
Two pieces of wood that are shot, that is, planed or pared with a chisel.
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Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
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Entry for 'Shoot'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/s/shoot.html.
Entry for 'Shoot'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/s/shoot.html.
