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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Shoulder  \Shoul"der\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Shouldered};  p.  pr  & 
  vb  n.  {Shouldering}.] 
  1.  To  push  or  thrust  with  the  shoulder;  to  push  with 
  violence;  to  jostle. 
 
  As  they  the  earth  would  shoulder  from  her  seat. 
  --Spenser. 
 
  Around  her  numberless  the  rabble  flowed,  Shouldering 
  each  other  crowding  for  a  view.  --Rowe. 
 
  2.  To  take  upon  the  shoulder  or  shoulders;  as  to  shoulder  a 
  basket;  hence  to  assume  the  burden  or  responsibility  of 
  as  to  shoulder  blame;  to  shoulder  a  debt. 
 
  As  if  Hercules  Or  burly  Atlas  shouldered  up  their 
  state.  --Marston. 
 
  {Right  shoulder  arms}  (Mil.),  a  position  in  the  Manual  of 
  Arms  which  the  piece  is  placed  on  the  right  shoulder,  with 
  the  lock  plate  up  and  the  muzzle  elevated  and  inclined  to 
  the  left  and  held  as  in  the  illustration. 




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