nook-shotten | A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

Nook-shotten
·adj Full of nooks, angles, or corners. ...

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nook-shotten
A Shakspearian expression for a coast indented with bays; as in Henry V. Bourbon speaks contemptuous...

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Nook
·noun A narrow place formed by an angle in bodies or between bodies; a corner; a recess; a secluded ...

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nook
a corner ; the toll-nook, the corner of the market-place where the toll used to be taken. N. ...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
nook
A small indentation of the land; a little cove in the inner parts of bays and harbours. ...

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Shotten
·- of <<Shoot>>. II. Shotten ·noun Shot out of its socket; dislocated, as a bone. III. Shotten ·no...

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toll-nook
a corner of the market place where the toll used to be taken. N. ...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
Blood-shotten
·adj <<Bloodshot>>. ...

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Shoulder-shotten
·adj Sprained in the shoulder, as a horse. ...

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shotten herring
A thin meagre fellow. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
shotten-herring
A gutted herring dried for keeping. Metaphorically, a term of contempt for a lean lazy fellow. ...

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