Definition of shock

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Shock (n.) A lot consisting of sixty pieces; -- a term applied in some Baltic ports to loose goods.

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Seismography :: Seismography (n.) The art of registering the shocks and undulatory movements of earthquakes.
Reaction :: Reaction (n.) An action induced by vital resistance to some other action; depression or exhaustion of vital force consequent on overexertion or overstimulation; heightened activity and overaction succeeding depression or shock.
Shog :: Shog (n.) A shock; a jog; a violent concussion or impulse.
Shog :: Shog (v. t.) To shake; to shock.
Slidometer :: Slidometer (n.) An instrument for indicating and recording shocks to railway cars occasioned by sudden stopping.
Pooping :: Pooping (n.) The act or shock of striking a vessel's stern by a following wave or vessel.
Shock :: Shock (a.) Bushy; shaggy; as, a shock hair..
Concussation :: Concussation (n.) A violent shock or agitation.
Fright :: Fright (n.) Anything strange, ugly or shocking, producing a feeling of alarm or aversion..
Shock :: Shock (n.) A thick mass of bushy hair; as, a head covered with a shock of sandy hair..
Stooked :: Stook (n.) A small collection of sheaves set up in the field; a shock; in England, twelve sheaves..
Surfeit :: Surfboat (n.) A boat intended for use in heavy surf. It is built with a pronounced sheer, and with a view to resist the shock of waves and of contact with the beach..
Horrible :: Horrible (a.) Exciting, or tending to excite, horror or fear; dreadful; terrible; shocking; hideous; as, a horrible sight; a horrible story; a horrible murder..
Thrave :: Thrave (n.) Twenty-four (in some places, twelve) sheaves of wheat; a shock, or stook..
Shough :: Shough (n.) A shockdog.
Shock :: Shock (n.) 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..
Torpedo :: Torpedo (n.) Any one of numerous species of elasmobranch fishes belonging to Torpedo and allied genera. They are related to the rays, but have the power of giving electrical shocks. Called also crampfish, and numbfish. See Electrical fish, under Electrical..
Revolt :: Revolt (n.) To be disgusted, shocked, or grossly offended; hence, to feel nausea; -- with at; as, the stomach revolts at such food; his nature revolts at cruelty..
Ghastly :: Ghastly (superl.) Horrible; shocking; dreadful; hideous.
Earthshock :: Earthshock (n.) An earthquake.
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