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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
herringShak.
2.
Shot out of its socket; dislocated, as a bone.
Webster 1828 Edition
Shotten
SHOTTEN
,Adj.
1. Having ejected the spawn; as a shotten herring.
2. Shooting into angles.
3. Shot out of its socket; dislocated; as a bone.
Definition 2025
shotten
shotten
English
Verb
shotten
- (archaic) past participle of shoot
Adjective
shotten (not comparable)
- 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.
- Shakespeare, Henry IV Part 1 (act 2, scene 4)
- Shot out of its socket; dislocated, as a bone.