Definition of Shote

1. Noun. A young pig.

Exact synonyms: Piggy, Piglet, Shoat
Generic synonyms: Young Mammal
Group relationships: Genus Sus, Sus
Specialized synonyms: Sucking Pig
Derivative terms: Piggy, Pig

Definition of Shote

1. n. A fish resembling the trout.

Definition of Shote

1. Noun. (alternative form of shoat) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Shote

1. shoat [n -S] - See also: shoat

Medical Definition of Shote

1. 1. A fish resembling the trout. 2. [Perh. A different word] A young hog; a shoat. Origin: AS. Sceota a darting fish, a trout, fr. Sceotan. See Shoot. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shote

shot hole
shot in the arm
shot in the dark
shot metal
shot on goal
shot one's load
shot put
shot putter
shot rock
shot through
shot to nothing
shot tower
shotcrete
shotcretes
shote (current term)
shotel
shotes
shotgun
shotgun approach
shotgun house
shotgun marriage
shotgun marriages
shotgun method
shotgun offense
shotgun pleading
shotgun pleadings
shotgun proteomics
shotgun sequencing
shotgun shack

Literary usage of Shote

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"... shote: Immature swine of either sex, except boar pigs, usually weighing from 60 to 175 pounds. Weanling Pigs: Young pigs after weaning time. ..."

2. The Virginia Housewife: Or, Methodical Cook by Mary Randolph (1838)
"TO ROAST A FORE-QUARTER OF shote. JOINT it for the convenience of carving, roast it before a ... TO MAKE shote CUTLETS. TAKE the skin from the hind-quarter, ..."

3. Old Kent: The Eastern Shore of Maryland ; Notes Illustrative of the Most by George Adolphus Hanson (1876)
"... present was loth to tell his master, but after ye boy tould your deponent, that Price shott at hoggs once & mist, & shot again & kild a markt shote of ..."

4. Records Relating to the Early History of Boston by Boston (Mass.). Registry Dept (1898)
"2l", 1751 Jacob Johnson & Christiana shote Nov. 22," 1751 Rev. Mr. Joseph Roby of Lynn & Mrs. Sarah West forbid Nov! 27,' 1751 John Jepson & Martha Labby ..."

5. Records Relating to the Early History of Boston by Boston (Mass.). Registry Dept (1898)
"2l', 1751 Jacob Johnson & Christiana shote Nov. 22* 1751 Rev. Mr. Joseph Roby of Lynn & Mrs. Sarah West forbid Nov. 27,' 1751 John Jepson & Martha Labby Nov ..."

6. The Conjure Woman by Charles Waddell Chesnutt (1899)
"It was de beatin'es' thing l De shote des 'peared ter cha'm Primus, en fus' thing you know Primus foun' his- se'f 'way up de road wid de shote on his back. ..."

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