shed

v. i. 1. To fall in drops; to pour. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Such a rain down from the welkin shadde. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To let fall the parts, as seeds or fruit; to throw off a covering or envelope. [ 1913 Webster ]

White oats are apt to shed most as they lie, and black as they stand. Mortimer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A parting; a separation; a division. [ Obs. or Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act of shedding or spilling; -- used only in composition, as in bloodshed. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. That which parts, divides, or sheds; -- used in composition, as in watershed. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ The same word as shade. See Shade. ] 1. A slight or temporary structure built to shade or shelter something; a structure often open in front; an outbuilding; a hut; as, a wagon shed; a wood shed. [ 1913 Webster ]

The first Aletes born in lowly shed. Fairfax. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sheds of reeds which summer's heat repel. Sandys. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Aeronautics) A covered structure for housing aircraft; a hangar. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. 1. One who, or that which, sheds; as, a shedder of blood; a shedder of tears. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) A crab in the act of casting its shell, or immediately afterwards while still soft; -- applied especially to the edible crabs, which are most prized while in this state. [ 1913 Webster ]