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Shook

Shook Meaning & Definition
Shook Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Shook?

[n] a disassembled barrel; the parts packed for storage or shipment

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See Also | barrel | cask

Shook In Webster's Dictionary

\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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