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Shoot
·noun A shoat; a young hog. II. Shoot ·noun A young branch or growth. III. Shoot ·noun A rush of w...

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shoot
A passage-way on the side of a steep hill or mountain down which wood and timber are thrown or slid....

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Finger
·vt To touch lightly; to toy with. II. Finger ·vt To execute, as any delicate work. III. Finger ·v...

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shoot, to
To move suddenly; as "the ballast shoots on one side." Also, a ship shoots ahead in stays. Also, to ...

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Five-finger
·noun ·see <<Cinquefoil>>. II. Five-finger ·noun A starfish with five rays, ·esp. Asterias rubens. ...

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Lady's finger
·- The kidney vetch. II. Lady's finger ·- One of the branchiae of the lobster. III. Lady's finger ...

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finger post
A parson: so called, because he points out a way to others which he never goes himself. Like the fin...

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bishop's finger
a guide-post which shews the right way it does not go. Cant term. ...

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index-finger
See fore-finger ...

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fore-finger
, or index-finger. The pointing finger, which was called shoot-finger by the Anglo-Saxons, from it...

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trigger-finger
See fore-finger. ...

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to shoot the cat
To vomit from excess of liquor; called also catting. To vomit from drunkenness. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
to shoot one's grandmother
is a common though vulgar phrase in New England, and means to be mistaken, or to be disappointed; to...

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finger in eye
To put finger in eye; to weep: commonly applied to women. The more you cry the less you'll p-ss; a c...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
shoot the compass, to
To shoot wide of the mark. ...

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shoot the sun, to
To take its meridional altitude; literally aiming at the reflected sun through the telescope of the ...

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