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Shotted vs Shotten - What's the difference?

shotted | shotten |

As adjectives the difference between shotted and shotten

is that shotted is loaded with shot while shotten is having ejected the spawn.

As a verb shotten is

past participle of lang=en.

shotted

English

Adjective

(-)
  • loaded with shot
    • shotted guns
  • (medicine) Having a shot attached.
    • a shotted suture
    (Webster 1913)

    shotten

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (archaic)

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Having ejected the spawn.
    • a shotten herring
    (Shakespeare)
  • Shot out of its socket; dislocated, as a bone.
    • English irregular past participles ----