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Begone; away; -- an expression used in frightening away animals, especially fowls.

The Richardson's skua (Stercorarius parasiticus);- so called from its cry. [Prov. Eng.]

To pack, as staves, in a shook.

pl. of Shoe. [Archaic] Chaucer. They shook the snow from hats and shoon. Emerson.

imp. of Shape. Shaped. Chaucer.

e stream, so as to shorten the course. [Written also chute, and shute.] [U. S.] To take a shoot, to pass through a shoot instead of the main channel; to take the most direct course. [U.S.]

One who shoots, as an archer or a gunner.

The act of one who, or that which, shoots; as, the shooting of an archery club; the shooting of rays of light.

Sprouting or coming up freely and regularly. [Prev. Eng.] Grose.

See Catechu.

Same as Craps.

Jealousy. [Obs.] Shak.

A plant of the genus Aconitum; aconite. See Aconite.

That which shoots off or separates from a main stem, channel, family, race, etc.; as, the offshoots of a tree.

To exceed or excel in shooting; to shoot beyond. Bacon. Men are resolved never to outshoot their forefathers' mark. Norris.

To shoot over or beyond. "Not to overshoot his game." South.

A hedge or fence formed of branches of trees interlaced, or plashed. [Obs.] Carew.

A spirituous liquor distilled by the Chinese from the yeasty liquor in which boiled rice has fermented under pressure. S. W. Williams.

A kind of pad worn on the leg under the boot. [Obs.] Nares.

A firearm, esp. a pistol, with seven barrels or chambers for cartridges, or one capable of firing seven shots without reloading. [Colloq.]