Shed , n. (Aëronautics) A covered structure for housing aircraft; a hangar.
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) 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.
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 , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shed; p. pr. & vb. n. Shedding.]
[OE. scheden, sch&?;den, to pour, to part, AS. scādan, sceádan, to pert, to separate; akin to OS. sk&?;&?;an, OFries. sk&?;tha, G.
scheiden, OHG. sceidan, Goth.
skaidan, and probably
to Lith. skëdu I part, separate, L. scindere to cleave, to
split, Gr. &?;&?;&?;, Skr. chid, and perch. also to L.
caedere to cut. √159.
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) To divide, as the warp threads, so as to form a shed, or passageway, for the shuttle.
Shed (?), n. [The same word
as shade. See Shade.]
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.
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