In Scottish dialect, meaning 'a shot' or at one attempt; used to indicate shooting at something.
Scottish English variant of 'a shot,' combining the indefinite article 'a' with 'shot' (from Old English scēotan, meaning to throw or propel). Regional dialects preserved this phrasing.
Scottish English preserved hundreds of old English words that disappeared from standard English, and 'ashot' shows how regional dialects are like time capsules holding onto ways of speaking from centuries past.
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