Hypertext Webster Gateway: "shock"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Shock \Shock\, n. [OE. schokke; cf. OD schocke, G. schock a
heap, quantity, threescore, MHG. schoc, Sw. skok, and also G.
hocke a heap of hay, Lith. kugis.]
1. A pile or assemblage of sheaves of grain, as wheat, rye,
or the like, set up in a field, the sheaves varying in
number from twelve to sixteen; a stook.
And cause it on shocks to be by and by set.
--Tusser.
Behind the master walks, builds up the shocks.
--Thomson.
2. [G. schock.] (Com.) A lot consisting of sixty pieces; -- a
term applied in some Baltic ports to loose goods.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Shock \Shock\, v. i.
To meet with a shock; to meet in violent encounter. ``They
saw the moment approach when the two parties would shock
together.'' --De Quincey.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Shock \Shock\, n. [Cf. {Shag}.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) A dog with long hair or shag; -- called also
{shockdog}.
2. A thick mass of bushy hair; as, a head covered with a
shock of sandy hair.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Shock \Shock\, a.
Bushy; shaggy; as, a shock hair.
His red shock peruke . . . was laid aside. --Sir W.
Scott.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Shock \Shock\, v. t.
To collect, or make up, into a shock or shocks; to stook; as,
to shock rye.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Shock \Shock\, v. i.
To be occupied with making shocks.
Reap well, scatter not, gather clean that is shorn,
Bind fast, shock apace. --Tusser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Shock \Shock\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shocked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Shocking}.] [OE. schokken; cf. D. schokken, F. choquer, Sp.
chocar. [root]161. Cf. {Chuck} to strike, {Jog}, {Shake},
{Shock} a striking, {Shog}, n. & v.]
1. To give a shock to; to cause to shake or waver; hence, to
strike against suddenly; to encounter with violence.
Come the three corners of the world in arms, And we
shall shock them. --Shak.
I shall never forget the force with which he shocked
De Vipont. --Sir W.
Scott.
2. To strike with surprise, terror, horror, or disgust; to
cause to recoil; as, his violence shocked his associates.
Advise him not to shock a father's will. --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Shock \Shock\, n. [Cf. D. schok a bounce, jolt, or leap, OHG.
scoc a swing, MHG. schoc, Icel. skykkjun tremuously, F. choc
a shock, collision, a dashing or striking against, Sp.
choque, It. ciocco a log. [root]161. Cf. {Shock} to shake.]
1. A quivering or shaking which is the effect of a blow,
collision, or violent impulse; a blow, impact, or
collision; a concussion; a sudden violent impulse or
onset.
These strong, unshaken mounds resist the shocks Of
tides and seas tempestuous. --Blackmore.
He stood the shock of a whole host of foes.
--Addison.
2. A sudden agitation of the mind or feelings; a sensation of
pleasure or pain caused by something unexpected or
overpowering; also, a sudden agitating or overpowering
event. ``A shock of pleasure.'' --Talfourd.
3. (Med.) A sudden depression of the vital forces of the
entire body, or of a port of it, marking some profound
impression produced upon the nervous system, as by severe
injury, overpowering emotion, or the like.
4. (Elec.) The sudden convulsion or contraction of the
muscles, with the feeling of a concussion, caused by the
discharge, through the animal system, of electricity from
a charged body.
Syn: {Concussion}, {Shock}.
Usage: Both words signify a sudden violent shaking caused by
impact or colision; but concussion is restricted in
use to matter, while shock is used also of mental
states.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Shock \Shock\, v. t. (Physiol.)
To subject to the action of an electrical discharge so as to
cause a more or less violent depression or commotion of the
nervous system.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
shock
n 1: the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when
something bad happens accidentally; "his mother's
deathleft him in a daze"; "he was numb with shock" [syn:
{daze}, {stupor}]
2: the violent interaction of individuals or groups entering
into combat [syn: {impact}]
3: a reflex response to the passage of electric current through
the body [syn: {electric shock}, {electrical shock}]
4: (pathology) bodily collapse or near collapse caused by
inadequate oxygen delivery to the cells; characterized by
reduced cardiac output and rapid heartbeat and circulatory
insufficiency and pallor
5: an instance of agitation of the earth's crust [syn: {seismic
disturbance}]
6: an unpleasant or disappointing surprise; "it came as a shock
to learn that he was injured" [syn: {blow}]
7: a pile of sheaves of grain set on end in a field to dry;
stalks of Indian corn set up in a field
8: a bushy thick mass (especially hair); "he had an unruly
shock of black hair"
9: a mechanical damper; absorbs energy of sudden impulses [syn:
{shock absorber}, {cushion}]
v 1: surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off [syn: {stun}, {floor},
{ball over}, {blow out of the water}, {take aback}]
2: strike with disgust or revulsion; "The scandalous behavior
of this married woman shocked her friends" [syn: {offend},
{scandalize}, {scandalise}, {appal}, {appall}, {outrage}]
3: strike with horror or terror; "The news of the bombing
shocked her"
4: collide violently
5: collect or gather into shocks; "shock grain"
6: subject to electrical shocks
7: inflict a trauma upon [syn: {traumatize}, {traumatise}]
Additional Hypertext Webster Gateway Lookup
Gateway by dict@stokkie.net
stock only wrote the gateway and does not have any control over the contents;
see the Webster Gateway FAQ,
and also the Back-end/database links and credits.