Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SHOUL'DER
SHOUL'DER, v.t.
- To push or thrust with the shoulder; to push with violence. Around her numberless the rabble flow'd, / Should'ring each other, crowding for a view. – Rowe. As they the earth would shoulder from her seat. – Spenser.
- To take upon the shoulder; as, to shoulder a basket.
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