shote
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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On the homeward trip, their ship "much beeten with shote and wether," sailed westward into Tobermory Bay where her grandee captain, arrogant even in defeat, demanded food and aid from the local Scots.
From Time Magazine Archive
I shal as now do more for you That longeth to womanhed; To short my here, a bowe to bere, To shote in tyme of nede.
From Ballads of Romance and Chivalry Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - First Series by Sidgwick, Frank
The bear had continued to cling to the squealing and kicking shote, for bruin is a strangely perverse and obstinate creature, unwilling to give up what he has once set his mind upon.
From With Ethan Allen at Ticonderoga by Foster, W. Bertram
When the slain shote was swung upon the planking on the sled before the barrel, Daddy rested, while the boys filled the barrel with water from the kettle.
From Prairie Folks by Garland, Hamlin
Peegvish et me is out for long hunt vid much pemmican, poodre an’ shote.
From The Red Man's Revenge A Tale of The Red River Flood by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
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