shook

7 definitions found

shook - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Shook \Shook\ (sh[oo^]k),
     imp. & obs. or poet. p. p. of Shake.
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  Shook \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.
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  Shook \Shook\, v. t.
     To pack, as staves, in a shook.
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  Shake \Shake\, v. t. [imp. Shook; p. p. Shaken, (Shook,
     obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. Shaking.] [OE. shaken, schaken, AS.
     scacan, sceacan; akin to Icel. & Sw. skaka, OS. skakan, to
     depart, to flee. [root]161. Cf. Shock, v.]
     1. To cause to move with quick or violent vibrations; to move
        rapidly one way and the other; to make to tremble or
        shiver; to agitate.
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              As a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is
              shaken of a mighty wind.              --Rev. vi. 13.
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              Ascend my chariot; guide the rapid wheels
              That shake heaven's basis.            --Milton.
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     2. Fig.: To move from firmness; to weaken the stability of;
        to cause to waver; to impair the resolution of.
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              When his doctrines grew too strong to be shook by
              his enemies, they persecuted his reputation.
                                                    --Atterbury.
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              Thy equal fear that my firm faith and love
              Can by his fraud be shaken or seduced. --Milton.
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     3. (Mus.) To give a tremulous tone to; to trill; as, to shake
        a note in music.
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     4. To move or remove by agitating; to throw off by a jolting
        or vibrating motion; to rid one's self of; -- generally
        with an adverb, as off, out, etc.; as, to shake fruit down
        from a tree.
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              Shake off the golden slumber of repose. --Shak.
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              'Tis our fast intent
              To shake all cares and business from our age.
                                                    --Shak.
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              I could scarcely shake him out of my company.
                                                    --Bunyan.
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     To shake a cask (Naut.), to knock a cask to pieces and pack
        the staves.
  
     To shake hands, to perform the customary act of civility by
        clasping and moving hands, as an expression of greeting,
        farewell, good will, agreement, etc.
  
     To shake out a reef (Naut.), to untile the reef points and
        spread more canvas.
  
     To shake the bells. See under Bell.
  
     To shake the sails (Naut.), to luff up in the wind, causing
        the sails to shiver. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.
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shook - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  shook
      n 1: a disassembled barrel; the parts packed for storage or
           shipment

shook - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :

  Shook, MO
    Zip code(s): 63963

shook - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  39 Moby Thesaurus words for "shook":
     balled-up, bothered, bowled down, chaotic, confused, discomposed,
     disconcerted, disordered, disorganized, disturbed, electrified,
     embarrassed, flustered, fluttered, fussed, in a jumble,
     in a pother, in a pucker, in a stew, in a sweat, in a swivet,
     in a tizzy, jarred, jolted, jumbled, mixed-up, perplexed,
     perturbed, put-out, rattled, ruffled, shaken, shocked, shuffled,
     staggered, startled, taken aback, unsettled, upset