† shackatory Obs. rare.
Also shockatory.
[Of obscure origin: possibly a blundered reproduction of It. cacciatore hunter.]
? A huntsman's underling, a beater.
In Dicts. erroneously explained ‘an Irish hound’.
| 1630 Dekker 2nd Pt. Honest Wh. iii. i. E 1 b, The Irish Footman can tell you all his hunting houres..that Irish Shackatory beates the bush for him, and knowes all. 1640 W. M. Wand. Jew telling Fortunes 34 For Time..is an excellent footman; no Shockatory comes neere him if hee once get the start, hee's gone, and you gone too. |