Two pieces of wood that are shot, that is, planed or else pared
with a paring chisel.
Moxon.
7. To pass rapidly through, over, or under; as, to shoot a rapid or a
bridge; to shoot a sand bar.
She . . . shoots the Stygian sound.
Dryden.
8. To variegate as if by sprinkling or intermingling; to color in spots
or patches.
The tangled water courses slept, Shot over with purple, and green,
and yellow.
Tennyson.
To be shot of, to be discharged, cleared, or rid of. [Colloq.] "Are you
not glad to be shot of him?" Sir W. Scott.
Shoot, v. i. 1. To cause an engine or weapon to discharge a missile; --
said of a person or an agent; as, they shot at a target; he shoots
better than he rides.
The archers have . . . shot at him.
Gen. xlix. 23.
2. To discharge a missile; -- said of an engine or instrument; as, the
gun shoots well.
3. To be shot or propelled forcibly; -- said of a missile; to be
emitted or driven; to move or extend swiftly, as if propelled; as, a
shooting star.
There shot a streaming lamp along the sky.
Dryden.
4. To penetrate, as a missile; to dart with a piercing sensation; as,
shooting pains.
Thy words shoot through my heart.
Addison.