Definition of shock

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Shock (v. t.) To collect, or make up, into a shock or shocks; to stook; as, to shock rye..

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Heartstruck :: Heartstruck (a.) Shocked with pain, fear, or remorse; dismayed; heartstricken..
Fright :: Fright (n.) Anything strange, ugly or shocking, producing a feeling of alarm or aversion..
Shock :: Shock (v. t.) To collect, or make up, into a shock or shocks; to stook; as, to shock rye..
Congress :: Congress (n.) A sudden encounter; a collision; a shock; -- said of things.
Dashpot :: Dashpot (n.) A pneumatic or hydraulic cushion for a falling weight, as in the valve gear of a steam engine, to prevent shock..
Thrave :: Thrave (n.) Twenty-four (in some places, twelve) sheaves of wheat; a shock, or stook..
Dynamite :: Dynamite (n.) An explosive substance consisting of nitroglycerin absorbed by some inert, porous solid, as infusorial earth, sawdust, etc. It is safer than nitroglycerin, being less liable to explosion from moderate shocks, or from spontaneous decomposition..
Shough :: Shough (n.) A shockdog.
Brush :: Brush (n.) A skirmish; a slight encounter; a shock or collision; as, to have a brush with an enemy..
Shock-head :: Shock-head (a.) Shock-headed.
Tetanus :: Tetanus (n.) That condition of a muscle in which it is in a state of continued vibratory contraction, as when stimulated by a series of induction shocks..
Earthshock :: Earthshock (n.) An earthquake.
Shocking :: Shocking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shoc.
Slidometer :: Slidometer (n.) An instrument for indicating and recording shocks to railway cars occasioned by sudden stopping.
Hurtle :: Hurtle (v. t.) To meet with violence or shock; to clash; to jostle.
Justle :: Justle (n.) An encounter or shock; a jostle.
Shockdog :: Shockdog (n.) See 7th Shock, 1..
Shock :: Shock (n.) A lot consisting of sixty pieces; -- a term applied in some Baltic ports to loose goods.
Shuck :: Shuck (n.) A shock of grain.
Brunt :: Brunt (v. t.) The force of a blow; shock; collision.
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