Category:Shed

Shed, n. Etym: [the same word as shade. See shade.]

Defn: a slight or temporary structure built to shade or shelter Something; a structure usually open in front; an outbuilding; a hut; As, a wagon shed; a wood shed. The first aletes born in lowly shed. Fairfax. Sheds of reeds which summer's heat repel. Sandys.

Shed Shed, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shed; p. pr. & vb. n. Shedding.] Etym: [oe. Scheden, sch, to pour, to part, as. scadan, sceádan, to pert, to Separate; akin to os. sk, ofries. skscheiden, ohg. sceidan, goth. Skaidan, and probably to lith. skëdu i part, separate, l. scindere to Cleave, to split, gr. chid, and perch. also to l. caedere to cut. sq. Root159. Cf. Chisel, concise, schism, sheading, sheath, shide.]

1. To separate; to divide. [obs. or prov.Eng.] Robert of brunne.

2. To part with; to throw off or give forth from one's self; to emit; To diffuse; to cause to emanate or flow; to pour forth or out; to Spill; as, the sun sheds light; she shed tears; the clouds shed rain. Did romeo's hand shed tybalt's blood shak. Twice seven consenting years have shed their utmost bounty on thy Head. Wordsworth.

3. To let fall; to throw off, as a natural covering of hair, Feathers, shell; to cast; as, fowls shed their feathers; serpents Shed their skins; trees shed leaves.

4. To cause to flow off without penetrating; as, a tight roof, or Covering of oiled cloth, sheeds water.

5. To sprinkle; to intersperse; to cover. [r.] "her hair . . . is Shed with gray." B. Jonson.

6. (weaving)

Defn: to divide, as the warp threads, so as to form a shed, or Passageway, for the shuttle.

Shed Shed, v. i.

1. To fall in drops; to pour. [obs.] Such a rain down from the welkin shadde. Chaucer.

2. To let fall the parts, as seeds or fruit; to throw off a covering Or envelope. White oats are apt to shed most as they lie, and black as they stand. Mortimer.

Shed Shed, n.

1. A parting; a separation; a division. [obs. or prov.Eng.] They say also that the manner of making the shed of newwedded wives' Hair with the iron head of a javelin came up then likewise. Sir t. North.

2. The act of shedding or spilling; -- used only in composition, as In bloodshed.

3. That which parts, divides, or sheds; -- used in composition, as in Watershed.

4. (weaving)

Defn: the passageway between the threads of the warp through which The shuttle is thrown, having a sloping top and bottom made by Raising and lowering the alternate threads.