obs. pp. of shoot
- that has recently spawned and so become of inferior food value: said of fish
- Archaic undesirable
Origin of shotten
in specialized sense (esp. applied to herrings), probably influenced, influence by Dutch schotenshotten
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shotten
adjective
ArchaicHaving recently spawned and thus being less desirable as food. Used of fish, especially herring.
Origin of shotten
Middle English shoten past participle of shoten to shoot ; see shoot .THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Verb
- (archaic) Past participle of shoot
Adjective
(not comparable)
- Having ejected the spawn.
- a shotten herring
- Shot out of its socket; dislocated, as a bone.
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