SHOTE

piglet, piggy, shoat, shote

(noun) a young pig

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

shote (plural shotes)

Alternative form of shoat

(obsolete, UK, dialect) A fish resembling the trout, the grayling (Thymallus thymallus).

Anagrams

• Theos, ethos, sothe, those

Source: Wiktionary


Shote, n. Etym: [AS. sceĆ³ta a darting fish, a trout, fr. sceĆ³tan. See Shoot, v. t.]

1. (Zoƶl.)

Definition: A fish resembling the trout. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Garew.

2. Etym: [Perh. a different word.]

Definition: A young hog; a shoat.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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