Deeper Dive: shook

Shook (?), imp. & obs. or poet. p. p. of Shake.
Shook , v. t. To pack, as staves, in a 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.


-- Webster's unabridged 1913







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