'To be shot of' definitions:
Definition of 'To be shot of'
From: GCIDE
- Shoot \Shoot\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shot; p. pr. & vb. n. Shooting. The old participle Shotten is obsolete. See Shotten.] [OE. shotien, schotien, AS. scotian, v. i., sce['o]tan; akin to D. schieten, G. schie?en, OHG. sciozan, Icel. skj?ta, Sw. skjuta, Dan. skyde; cf. Skr. skund to jump. [root]159. Cf. Scot a contribution, Scout to reject, Scud, Scuttle, v. i., Shot, Sheet, Shut, Shuttle, Skittish, Skittles.]
- 1. To let fly, or cause to be driven, with force, as an arrow or a bullet; -- followed by a word denoting the missile, as an object. [1913 Webster]
- If you please To shoot an arrow that self way. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To discharge, causing a missile to be driven forth; -- followed by a word denoting the weapon or instrument, as an object; -- often with off; as, to shoot a gun. [1913 Webster]
- The two ends od a bow, shot off, fly from one another. --Boyle. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To strike with anything shot; to hit with a missile; often, to kill or wound with a firearm; -- followed by a word denoting the person or thing hit, as an object. [1913 Webster]
- When Roger shot the hawk hovering over his master's dove house. --A. Tucker. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To send out or forth, especially with a rapid or sudden motion; to cast with the hand; to hurl; to discharge; to emit. [1913 Webster]
- An honest weaver as ever shot shuttle. --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster]
- A pit into which the dead carts had nightly shot corpses by scores. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To push or thrust forward; to project; to protrude; -- often with out; as, a plant shoots out a bud. [1913 Webster]
- They shoot out the lip, they shake the head. --Ps. xxii. 7. [1913 Webster]
- Beware the secret snake that shoots a sting. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 6. (Carp.) To plane straight; to fit by planing. [1913 Webster]
- Two pieces of wood that are shot, that is, planed or else pared with a paring chisel. --Moxon. [1913 Webster]
- 7. To pass rapidly through, over, or under; as, to shoot a rapid or a bridge; to shoot a sand bar. [1913 Webster]
- She . . . shoots the Stygian sound. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 8. To variegate as if by sprinkling or intermingling; to color in spots or patches. [1913 Webster]
- The tangled water courses slept, Shot over with purple, and green, and yellow. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
- To be shot of, to be discharged, cleared, or rid of. [Colloq.] "Are you not glad to be shot of him?" --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'To be shot of'
- Shot,
- Shots,
- Shotted,
- Shotting,
- shot through,
- Bar shot,
- Burrel shot,
- Cannon shot,
- Case shot,
- Chain shot,
- Crossbar shot,
- Dead shot,
- Feather shot,
- Feathered shot,
- Flying shot,
- Grapple shot,
- Headmold shot,
- Headmould shot,
- Indian shot,
- Life shot,
- Moon shot,
- Parthian shot,
- Pistol shot,
- Pot shot,
- Random shot,
- Round shot,
- Shot belt,
- Shot cartridge,
- Shot garland,
- Shot gauge,
- Shot locker,
- Shot of a cable,
- Shot prop,
- Shot samples,
- Shot tower,
- Shot window,
- Sighting shot,
- Slung shot,
- Snap shot,
- Soul shot,
- Stub shot,
- Swan shot,
- Whale shot,
- anchor shot,
- approach shot,
- backhand shot,
- bank shot,
- basketball shot,
- bb shot,
- big shot,
- bird shot,
- booster shot,
- by a long shot,
- call the shots,
- canister shot,
- charity shot,
- cheap shot,
- chip shot,
- chop shot,
- crack shot,
- drop shot,
- duck shot,
- dunk shot,
- elf shot,
- forehand shot,
- foul shot,
- golf shot,
- hook shot,
- jump shot,
- like a shot,
- long shot,
- masse shot,
- mug shot,
- one shot,
- pan shot,
- parting shot,
- passing shot,
- pitch shot,
- pivot shot,
- powder and shot,
- rifle shot,
- scoop shot,
- set shot,
- shot glass,
- shot hole,
- shot metal,
- shot put,
- shot putter,
- split shot,
- stuff shot,
- tennis shot,
- Flight-shot,
- Mass'e shot,
- Shot-clog,
- Shot-free,
- Shot-proof,
- Sight-shot,
- Point-blank shot,
- changeable chatoyant iridescent shot