shod

a. 1. Made wholly or in part of shoddy; containing shoddy; as, shoddy cloth; shoddy blankets; hence, colloquially, not genuine; sham; pretentious; as, shoddy aristocracy. [ 1913 Webster ]

Shoddy inventions designed to bolster up a factitious pride. Compton Reade. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. of poor quality or inferior workmanship. [ RHUD ] [ PJC ]

3. visibly worn or damaged from use; shabby. [ PJC ]

n. [ Perhaps fr. Shed, v. t.; as meaning originally, waste stuff shed or thrown off; cf. dial. shod to shed, and E. Shed a parting, separation, Shode a parting. ] 1. A fibrous material obtained by “deviling, ” or tearing into fibers, refuse woolen goods, old stockings, rags, druggets, etc. See Mungo. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Fluffy, fibrous waste from wool carding, worsted spinning, or weaving of woolens. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

3. A fabric of inferior quality made of, or containing a large amount of, shoddy. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The great quantity of shoddy goods furnished as army supplies in the late Civil War in the United States gave wide currency to the word, and it came to be applied to persons who pretend to a higher position in society than that to which their breeding or worth entitles them; this term is now (1997) rarely used in that sense. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

. (Med.) A febrile disease characterized by dyspnoea and bronchitis caused by inhaling dust. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. The quality or state of being shoddy. [ Colloq. ] See the Note under Shoddy, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. scāde, fr. sceádan. See Shed, v. t. ] 1. The parting of the hair on the head. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Full straight and even lay his jolly shode. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The top of the head; the head. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A package of gold beater's skins in which gold is subjected to the second process of beating. [ 1913 Webster ]