- shotten
- отнерестившийся (о рыбе) изможденный, обессиленный
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shotten
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Shotten — Shot ten, n. [Properly p. p. of shoot; AS. scoten, sceoten, p. p. of sce[ o]tan.] 1. Having ejected the spawn; as, a shotten herring. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Shot out of its socket; dislocated, as a bone. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
shotten — having shot its spawn, and accordingly of inferior value, mid 15c., from pp. of SHOOT (Cf. shoot) (q.v.). Originally of fish; applied to persons, with sense of exhausted by sickness, from 1590s … Etymology dictionary
shotten — [shät′ n] vt., vi. obs. pp. of SHOOT adj. [in specialized sense (esp. applied to herrings), prob. infl. by Du schoten] 1. that has recently spawned and so become of inferior food value: said of fish 2. Archaic undesirable … English World dictionary
shotten — ˈshätən adjective Etymology: Middle English shotyn, from shoten, shotyn (past participle of sheten, shoten, shuten to shoot), from Old English gescoten 1. a. : having ejected the spawn and so of inferior food value full or shotten herrings … Useful english dictionary
Shotten — 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 The old participle {Shotten} is obsolete.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,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
shotten — adjective Etymology: Middle English shotyn, from past participle of sheten to shoot Date: 15th century having ejected the spawn and so of inferior food value < shotten herring > … New Collegiate Dictionary
shotten — recently spawned and thus less desirable as food, e.g. especially said of herring … Dictionary of ichthyology
shotten — /shot n/, adj. 1. (of fish, esp. herring) having recently ejected the spawn. 2. Obs. (of a bone) dislocated. [1175 1225; ME, ptp. of SHOOT] * * * … Universalium
shotten — [ ʃɒt(ə)n] adjective (of a herring) having spawned. Origin ME: archaic past participle of shoot … English new terms dictionary
shotten — shot·ten … English syllables
shotten — shot•ten [[t]ˈʃɒt n[/t]] adj. ich (of fish, esp. herring) having recently ejected the spawn • Etymology: 1175–1225; ME, ptp. of shoot … From formal English to slang
