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Shout
·vt To treat with shouts or clamor. II. Shout ·add. ·noun A gratuitous entertainment, with refreshm...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
shout
I. v. to stand treat. 1) Of drink. 2) Bytransference, of other things. The successful digger use...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
shout
A light and nearly flat-bottomed boat used in our eastern fens for shooting wild-duck. (See gunning-...

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Gunning
·noun The act or practice of hunting or shooting game with a gun. ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
gunning
A colloquial word from gun. The act of going out with a gun in order to shoot game.--Ash's Dictionar...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
gunning
An old term for shooting; it is now adopted by the Americans. After the wreck of the Wager, on heari...

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gunning-boat
, or gunning-shout. A light and narrow boat in which the fen-men pursue the flocks of wild-fowl. ...

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