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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- In the manufacture of paper, the second quality of white paper-rags: so called from the fact that, in sorting the stock, the second-quality rags are sorted or “shot out” into a heap by themselves.
Examples
“On Sunday, the team was outshots 15-3 in the first period and allowed two goals on 18 shots in the second.”
““I just took to a canny bulkhead, as they ca’ them here; that is, the boards on the tap of their bits of outshots of stalls and booths, and there I sleepit as sound as if I was in a castle.”
“I just took to a canny bulkhead, as they ca 'them here; that is, the boards on the tap of their bits of outshots of stalls and booths, and there I sleepit as sound as if I was in a castle.”
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ruzuzu "In the manufacture of paper, the second quality of white paper-rags: so called from the fact that, in sorting the stock, the second-quality rags are sorted or “shot out” into a heap by themselves."
- The Century Dictionary Aug 11, 2010