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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.

Same as Craps.

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

One skilled in shooting at an object with exactness; a good marksman.

A shooting with great precision and effect; hence, a keen contest of wit or argument.

A pistol or other firearm which can be fired six times without reloading especially, a six-chambered revolver. [Colloq. U.S.]

See Nostoc.

Shooting at pigeons liberated, or glass balls or clay pigeons sprung into the air, from a trap. -- Trap shooter.

To shoot short of (a mark).

To shoot upward. "Trees upshooting high." Spenser.

A sprig or shoot from the root or stock of a tree. [Obs.]

ssive use of; as, to abuse one's authority. This principle (if one may so abuse the word) shoots rapidly into popularity. Froude.

Process of doing; action. In act, in the very doing; on the point of (doing). "In act to shoot." Dryden. This woman was taken . . . in the very act. John viii. 4. Act of attainder. (Law) See Attainder. -- Act of bankruptcy (Law), an act of a debtor which renders him liable to be adjudged a bankrupt. -- Act of faith.…