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_Law Case._
_To_ SHOP, _v. n._ To rap.
V. ~Chap~.
_R. Bruce._
Sh.o.r.e, _s._ The prop used in constructing _flakes_ for inclosing cattle, S. A.
_Battle Flodden._
Teut. _schoore_, fulcimen, Isl. _skur_, suggrundia.
_To_ Sh.o.r.e, _v. a._ To count, to reckon, S.
Su. G. _skor-a_, to mark.
~Sh.o.r.e~, _s._ Debt.
_G.o.dly Sangs._
_To_ Sh.o.r.e, _v. a._
1. To threaten.
V. ~Schor~, _v._
2. To offer, S. O.
_Burns._
SHORT, _adj._ Laconic and tart, S.
_R. Bruce._
SHOT, _s._
1. A stroke or move in play, S.
_Graeme._
2. Aim, object in view.
_Baillie._
SHOT, _s. To begin new shot, new bod_, to begin any business _de novo_, S. B.
SHOT. _To come shot_, to succeed, S.
Teut. _schot_, proventus.
_Gl. s.h.i.+rr._
SHOT, _s. Shot of ground_, plot of land, Loth.
Su. G. _skoet_, angulus.
SHOT, _s._ The wooden spout by which water is carried to a mill, S.
SHOT, _s._ A kind of window.
V. ~Schott~.
SHOT, s.
1. The spot where fishermen are wont to let out their nets, S. B.
_Law Case._
2. The sweep of a net, S. B.
_Ibid._
Teut. _schote_, jaculatio.
SHOT, _s._
V. ~Elfshot~.
SHOT-ABOUT, _adj._ Striped of various colours, S. A. from _shooting_ shuttles alternately.
_Gl. Sibb._
