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English Dictionary: Shook by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
shook
n
  1. a disassembled barrel; the parts packed for storage or shipment
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Shook \Shook\,
      imp. & obs. or poet. p. p. of {Shake}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Shook \Shook\, v. t.
      To pack, as staves, in a shook.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.
  
                     As a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is
                     shaken of a mighty wind.                     --Rev. vi. 13.
  
                     Ascend my chariot; guide the rapid wheels That shake
                     heaven's basis.                                 --Milton.
  
      2. Fig.: To move from firmness; to weaken the stability of;
            to cause to waver; to impair the resolution of.
  
                     When his doctrines grew too strong to be shook by
                     his enemies, they persecuted his reputation.
                                                                              --Atterbury.
  
                     Thy equal fear that my firm faith and love Can by
                     his fraud be shaken or seduced.         --Milton.
  
      3. (Mus.) To give a tremulous tone to; to trill; as, to shake
            a note in music.
  
      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.
  
                     Shake off the golden slumber of repose. --Shak.
  
                     'Tis our fast intent To shake all cares and business
                     from our age.                                    --Shak.
  
                     I could scarcely shake him out of my company.
                                                                              --Bunyan.
  
      {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.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Shook, MO
      Zip code(s): 63963
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