shote
Britishnoun
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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
When the slain shote was swung upon the planking on the sled before the barrel, Daddy127 rested, while the boys filled the barrel with water from the kettle.
From Other Main-Travelled Roads by Hamlin Garland
‘It is ferre gone,’ sayd Robyn, ‘That I was last here; Me lyste a lytell for to shote At the donnë dere.’
From Ballads of Robin Hood and other Outlaws Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Fourth Series by Frank Sidgwick
There were nine shotes nearly of a size, and the Deacon said, "I'll give Serry the odd shote."
From Other Main-Travelled Roads by Hamlin Garland
“But,” continued his bride, with increasing anxiety, “the shote an’ the cry was long before you comes home.
From The Prairie Chief by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
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