shotten
[ shot-n ]
/ ˈʃɒt n /
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adjective
(of fish, especially herring) having recently ejected the spawn.
Obsolete. (of a bone) dislocated.
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Origin of shotten
1175–1225; Middle English, past participle of shoot1
Words nearby shotten
shot on goal, shot put, shot-putter, shot-silk retina, shott, shotten, shotting, shot to hell, shot tower, shottsuru, shot up
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Example sentences from the Web for shotten
The horns of some of the Elk have not yet fallen off, and those of others have shotten out to the length of six inches.
The Journals of Lewis and Clark|Meriwether Lewis and William ClarkAnd tell me, ye sons of shotten herrings, wasn't it worth more to save him than the dirty silver?
Westward Ho!|Charles KingsleyMy good friend Timothy Shotten of London was pilot of this ship.
As he was unbound and walked away from the post, his blood-shotten eyes had taken her in standing there with Jake.
The Duke of Stockbridge|Edward Bellamy
British Dictionary definitions for shotten
shotten
/ (ˈʃɒtən) /
adjective
(of fish, esp herring) having recently spawned
archaic worthless or undesirable
Word Origin for shotten
C15: from obsolete past participle of shoot
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