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shute

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Shute  \Shute\,  n. 
  Same  as  {Chute},  or  {Shoot}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Shoot  \Shoot\,  n.  [F.  chute.  See  {Chute}.  Confused  with  shoot  to 
  let  fly.] 
  An  inclined  plane,  either  artificial  or  natural,  down  which 
  timber,  coal,  etc.,  are  caused  to  slide;  also  a  narrow 
  passage,  either  natural  or  artificial,  in  a  stream,  where  the 
  water  rushes  rapidly;  esp.,  a  channel,  having  a  swift 
  current,  connecting  the  ends  of  a  bend  in  the  stream,  so  as 
  to  shorten  the  course.  [Written  also  {chute},  and  {shute}.] 
  [U.  S.] 
 
  {To  take  a  shoot},  to  pass  through  a  shoot  instead  of  the 
  main  channel;  to  take  the  most  direct  course.  [U.S.]




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