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To meet with violence or shock; to clash; to jostle. Together hurtled both their steeds. Fairfax.

performed within the first few hours after an injury, and before the the effects of the shock have passed away.

That part of the hind leg of the horse and allied animals, between the hock, or ham, and the pastern joint.

To cause a short, tremulous motion of, to cause to tremble, as by a sudden shock or blow; to shake; to shock; as, to jar the earth; to jar one's faith.

A callous tumor on the leg of a horse, below the hock.

To move by jogs or small shocks, like those of a slow trot; to move slowly, leisurely, or monotonously; -- usually with on, sometimes with over. Jog on, jog on, the footpath way. Shak. So hung his destiny, never to rot, While he might still jog on and keep his trot. Milton . The good old ways our sires jogged safely ov…

A sudden shock or jerk; a jolting motion, as in a carriage moving over rough ground. The first jolt had like to have shaken me out. Swift.

An encounter or shock; a jostle.

tural order of plants (Malvaceæ), of which the mallow is the type. The cotton plant, hollyhock, and abutilon are of this order, and the baobab and the silk-cotton trees are now referred to it.

gether with strands of coir which cross over a wadding of the same material, so that the shock on taking the beach through surf is much reduced. [Written also masula, masulah, etc.]

The torpedo, which numbs by the electric shocks which it gives.

A hard knot in wood; also, a hard knob of wood used by boys in playing hockey. I think I'm as hard as a nur, and as tough as whitleather. W. Howitt.

Hence: The effect of violent collision; vibratory shock; impression of sound on the ear. The thunderlike percussion of thy sounds. Shak.

A game of ball of Eastern origin, resembling hockey, with the players on horseback.

The act or shock of striking a vessel's stern by a following wave or vessel.

ation of a discordant note in the preceding concord, so that the ear is prepared for the shock. See Suspension.

mines. -- Primary amputation (Surg.), an amputation for injury performed as soon as the shock due to the injury has passed away, and before symptoms of inflammation supervene. -- Primary axis (Bot.), the main stalk which bears a whole cluster of flowers. -- Primary colors. See under Color. -- Primary meeting, a mee…

breathing poisonous gases, or the like, or of one who has been stunned by an electrical shock.

he game hunted with hawks. "The stone-dead quarry." Spenser. The wily quarry shunned the shock. Sir W. Scott.

exertion or overstimulation; heightened activity and overaction succeeding depression or shock.