Shotten

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Having recently spawned and thus being less desirable as food. Used of fish, especially herring.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. Past participle of shoot
  • adj. Having ejected the spawn.
  • adj. Shot out of its socket; dislocated, as a bone.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Having ejected the spawn.
  • n. Shot out of its socket; dislocated, as a bone.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Shot out of its socket; dislocated, as a bone. See the quotation under shoulder-shotten.
  • Having spawned; spent, as a fish.
  • Sour; curdled, as milk.
  • See herring.
    • Word Usage
    "Thou wottest well that I am a man now shotten in years, who hath never been blessed with a son, a sight to cool his eyes; so I know that my kingdom shall pass away to the stranger in blood and my name and memory will be blotted out amongst men."
    Cross Reference
    shotten herring   
     
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