
Meaning of SHOOK
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| | Definition: | | [n] a disassembled barrel; the parts packed for storage or shipment |
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Shook\,
imp. & obs. or poet. p. p. of {Shake}.
\Shook\, n. [Cf. {Shock} a bundle of sheaves.] (Com.)
(a) A set of staves and headings sufficient in number for one
hogshead, cask, barrel, or the like, trimmed, and bound
together in compact form.
(b) A set of boards for a sugar box.
(c) The parts of a piece of house furniture, as a bedstead,
packed together.
\Shook\, v. t.
To pack, as staves, in a shook.
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