v. Obs. [OE. toscéotan, f. TO-2 + scéotan, SHOOT v. Cf. MHG. zeschieʓen, Ger. zerschiessen to destroy by shooting] intr. To spring apart; to burst asunder.
c. 1000. Ælfric, Hom., II. 352. Þa toscuton ða deoflu sona þe me mid heora tangum ʓelæccan woldon.
c. 1122. O. E. Chron., an. 1083. Þa munecas … to scuton, sume urnon in to cyrcean.
1340–70. Alisaunder, 1008. Þe ai [= egg] fell on þe flore … And þe shell to-shett on þe schire grounde.
