Shoot, n. 1. The act of shooting; the discharge of a missile; a shot; as, the shoot of a shuttle.
The Turkish bow giveth a very forcible shoot. Bacon.
One underneath his horse to get a shoot doth stalk. Drayton.
2. A young branch or growth.
Superfluous branches and shoots of this second spring. Evelyn.
3. A rush of water; a rapid.
4. (Min.) A vein of ore running in the same general direction as the lode. Knight.
5. (Weaving) A weft thread shot through the shed by the shuttle; a pick.
6. A shoat; a young hog.