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Webster 1913 Edition


Shotten

Shot′ten

,
Noun.
[Properly p. p. of
shoot
; AS.
scoten
,
sceoten
, p. p. of
sceótan
.]
1.
Having ejected the spawn;
as, a
shotten
herring
.
Shak.
2.
Shot out of its socket; dislocated, as a bone.

Webster 1828 Edition


Shotten

SHOTTEN

,
Adj.
shot'n. [from shoot.]
1. Having ejected the spawn; as a shotten herring.
2. Shooting into angles.
3. Shot out of its socket; dislocated; as a bone.

Definition 2024


shotten

shotten

English

Verb

shotten

  1. (archaic) past participle of shoot

Adjective

shotten (not comparable)

  1. Having ejected the spawn.
    • Shakespeare, Henry IV Part 1 (act 2, scene 4)
      Falstaff (to Francis): If manhood, good manhood, be not forgot upon the face of the earth, then am I a shotten herring.
  2. Shot out of its socket; dislocated, as a bone.

Swedish

Noun

shotten

  1. definite singular of shot