Definition for SHOUL'DER

SHOUL'DER, v.t.

  1. 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.
  2. To take upon the shoulder; as, to shoulder a basket.

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