shotten

[ shot-n ]

/ ˈʃɒt n /

adjective

(of fish, especially herring) having recently ejected the spawn.

Obsolete. (of a bone) dislocated.

Words nearby shotten

shotgun, shotgun microphone, shotgun wedding, shothole, shott, shotten, shotting, shottsuru, shotwell, should, should have stood in bed, i

Origin of shotten

1175–1225; Middle English, past participle of shoot¹

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Examples from the Web for shotten

And tell me, ye sons of shotten herrings, wasn't it worth more to save him than the dirty silver?
Westward Ho!|Charles Kingsley
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 Clark

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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